Why should schools need to moderate testing? Innisfree Hotels October 26, 2015 Obama calls for limits on school testing. Here’s why Kalpana Jain, The Conversation President Obama’s message has put issues around standardized testing back in the news. Here’s what scholars have been saying.
Students’ academic goals play an important role in cheating. Girl Image via www.shutterstock.com May 20, 2015 Students cheat for good grades. Why not make the classroom about learning and not testing? Eric M. Anderman, The Ohio State University Is academic cheating inevitable? Not in classrooms where teachers emphasize mastery of content.
Are there “better tests”? Test image via www.shutterstock.com April 22, 2015 Tests don’t improve learning. And PARCC will be no different Paul Thomas, Furman University As the debate over standardized tests continues, a scholar questions the introduction of a new college readiness test, PARCC and gives reasons why it will be no different.