Standardized Lies, Money & Civil Rights: How Testing Is Ruining Public Education

Summary For decades, standardized testing has been a part of public education. Within the last ten years, however, the testing has taken on a more important, and possibly more damaging, role. Test scores, mistakenly viewed as effective assessments of student ability and teacher/school effectiveness, are anything but. This film sheds light on the invalid nature of these tests, the terrible consequences of high-stakes testing, and the big money that's involved. View more details

Standardized Lies, Money & Civil Rights: How Testing Is Ruining Public Education

Directed : Daniel Hornberger Jim del Conte

Written : Unknown

Stars : Unknown

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Genres : Documentary News

Release date : Jan 12, 2014

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Summary For decades, standardized testing has been a part of public education. Within the last ten years, however, the testing has taken on a more important, and possibly more damaging, role. Test scores, mistakenly viewed as effective assessments of student ability and teacher/school effectiveness, are anything but. This film sheds light on the invalid nature of these tests, the terrible consequences of high-stakes testing, and the big money that's involved. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary News

Release date : Jan 12, 2014

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

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