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How high stakes corrupt performance on tests, other indicators - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

How high stakes corrupt performance on tests, other indicators - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

How high stakes corrupt performance on tests, other indicators

This was written by Larry Cuban, a former high school social studies teacher (14 years, including seven at Cardozo and Roosevelt high schools in the District), district superintendent (seven years in Arlington, VA) and professor emeritus of education at Stanford University, where he has taught for 20 years. His latest book is “As Good As It Gets: What School Reform Brought to Austin.” A version of this post appeared on his blog .

By Larry Cuban

Test scores are the coin of the educational realm in the United States.No Child Left Behind demands that scores be used to reward and