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Are test scores enough to assess English learners’ progress?

June 12, 2024

Via: K-12 Dive

English learners’ average scores are up 16 points, from 174 in 1998 — the first year for which data is available — to 190 in 2022. By comparison, scores for students identified as “Not English learners” averaged 222 in 2022 […]


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Does the American approach to testing need to change?

September 14, 2018

Via: Education Dive

While tests in many other countries are high-stakes propositions for students, in the U.S., they are high-stakes propositions for teachers and schools. Standardized test scores matter little to students in the context of their classroom experience, because they rarely affect […]