Clippings: School testing results can mislead

Posted on January 20, 2011 |

• Opinion
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By Andy Kirkaldy

School testing seems to be in the news constantly, partly thanks to the “No Child Left Behind” act — NCLB, pronounced as nickel-bee by anyone who works in or covers schools, or works on laws that affect them.

There are a few things the general public should, but may not in all cases, know about tests. First, most probably know they measure students’ knowledge in the core subjects of language, math and science.

Something many may not know is that tests do OK at evaluating students’ grasp of core content.

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