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=Consider:= Has Test-Based Reform Improved Schools in the United States?

Over the past several years, legislators at the national and state levels in the United States have enacted laws that require schools to administer standardized tests to students. These laws also include an array of incentives, rewards, and penalties for schools that are linked to students' test scores. Although they are usually touted as innovative and certain to lead to improvements in student achievement, the kind of testing required by these laws is part of a five-decades-old trend in American education, often called the //test-based school reform movement//. Whether the movement has succeeded or not remains an open and controversial question.

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High-Stakes Testing Criticisms of Test-Based School Reform The Impact of Test-Based Reform

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