Test Scores Often Misused In Policy Decisions

Quoted: “It?s gone under the radar with the stalled reauthorization process,” said Doug Harris, a University of Wisconsin professor who wrote a recent book on education performance metrics. “You get really different answers depending on what you do with these numbers. You can talk all you want about what you do with failing schools but if you haven?t identified schools that are failing, it?s a waste of time.”