The Worst 8th Grade Math Teacher in New York City: Victim of Her Own Success...

Posted Wed, 05/16/2012 - 4:56pm by eileen

Article: Carolyn Abbot: The Worst 8th Grade Math Teacher in New York City: Victim of Her Own Success

 

An example of how some high-stakes testing—especially if poorly designed and/or executed—can skew the real story...
 
In Huff Post Education, courtesy of The Hechinger Report's A Sociological Eye on Education blog. 


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"The state tests...are poorly equipped to assess real mathematical knowledge, especially for high-performing students.