Stephen Downes

Worth noting is this report about the effect of high-stakes testing. Sharon L. Nichols, the study's lead author, concluded: "A rapidly growing body of research evidence on the harmful effects of high-stakes testing, along with no reliable evidence of improved performance by students on NAEP tests of achievement, suggests that we need a moratorium in public education on the use of high-stakes testing." Well. Via Public Education Network Weekly NewsBlast.