http://www.quickanded.com/2009/04/slumdog-ivy-leaguer.html The Quick and the Ed is an education blog published by Education Sector, an independent think tank in Washington D.C. The Quick and the Ed offers in-depth analysis on the latest in education policy and research. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:26:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.quickanded.com/2009/04/slumdog-ivy-leaguer.html/comment-page-1#comment-2362 Idea of the day: ditch standardized tests « Law and Education Blog Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:13:26 +0000 http://www.quickanded.com/wordpress/?p=1541#comment-2362 [...] Over the years, the critics of standardized tests have accused it of being biased against low-income students in favor of more affluent students, of spawning billion-dollar test-prep industries, of encouraging rote preparations in schools, of harboring racial and gender biases.  The sad truth is that even the supporters of standardized tests may only be favoring the tests in spite of all their flaws because “this is the only thing we have.“ [...] [...] Over the years, the critics of standardized tests have accused it of being biased against low-income students in favor of more affluent students, of spawning billion-dollar test-prep industries, of encouraging rote preparations in schools, of harboring racial and gender biases.  The sad truth is that even the supporters of standardized tests may only be favoring the tests in spite of all their flaws because “this is the only thing we have.“ [...]

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