How Assesments Can Ruin Standards
I think there are plenty of reasons to oppose national standards no matter what standards they are, and plenty of reasons to believe that no set of national standards will ever accomplish any of the goals set for them. But let's set all of that aside for a moment and talk about how the very attempt to assess standards-based outcomes ruins those standards.
Peter Greene, ContributorTeacher and writer; blogger, curmudgucation.blogspot.com