May 27 2008

Larry Ferlazzo

The Problems Of Teaching To The Test

Posted at 4:57 pm under school reform

Education Week has an interesting article about a study showing that students whose teachers spent one month preparing for a standardized test scored lower then those who had much less prep time.

The study focuses on Chicago. The article is titled ACT Test-Prep Backfiring in Chicago, Study Finds.

 

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