Tag: standardized testing

  • Research: Tougher Tests Don’t Improve Teaching Quality

    Research: Tougher Tests Don’t Improve Teaching Quality

    New research seems to suggest what many Bay State educators have been saying for a while: the time spent preparing students for testing can degrade the overall quality of teaching. A new study, conducted on two unidentified Massachusetts school districts, found that when tougher tests were used in districts that already had higher quality teaching,…