Why End Test-and-Punish?
We oppose school accountability that ranks and rates schools based on annual standardized achievement tests, that emphasizes test prep, and that destroys the joy of learning.
Standardized Test Scores Do Not Measure What Educators Do
The Big Problems with College and K-12 School Rankings, Harry Feder, Exec. Dir. Of FairTest, the Center for Fair and Open Testing, Washington Post (September 26, 2023)
Chicago Will End Reliance on Standardized Test Scores to Rate School Quality, Diane Ravitch’s Blog, May 2, 2023.
What Does It Mean for Our Children and Our Society that State Legislators Don’t Know What Teachers Do?, Jan Resseger’s Blog (January 24, 2023)
How Much Should We Rely on Student Test Achievement as a Measure of Success? , Dan Goldhaber and Umut Özek, Albert Shanker Institute (October, 2019)
Leading Experts Caution Against Reliance on Test Scores in Teacher Evaluations, Economic Policy Institute (August 30, 2010)
State School Report Cards Based Primarily on Standardized Tests Dangerously Misrepresent the Quality of Public Schools
Research Shows State School District Report Cards Do Not Measure the Quality of Public Schools, Jan Resseger’s Blog (September 21, 2023)
This Is the Problem with Ranking Schools, Valerie Strauss’s column in the Washington Post (October 22, 2021)
Problems with the Third-Grade Guarantee
As Part of State Budget, Ohio Legislature Ends Third-Grade Guarantee’s Requirement that Children Be Held Back, Jan Resseger’s Blog (July 13, 2023)
A Critical Examination of Grade Retention as Reading Policy, Paul Thomas, Furman University (August, 2022)
Ohio's Third Grade Reading Guarantee Failing Our Kids, Akron Beacon Journal Editorial Board (May 29, 2022)