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Ambitious Teaching and Equitable Assessment: A Vision for Prioritizing Learning, Not Testing
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Shepard, Lorrie A. – American Educator, 2021
According to Lorrie A. Shepard, claims that testing will serve equity very often are not true. From minimum competency tests in the '70s; basic-skills tests in the '80s; "tests worth teaching to" in the '90s; high-frequency, high-stakes tests in the '00s; and added layers of commercial interim tests in the '10s, it seems it has…
Descriptors: Testing, Accountability, Equal Education, Failure