August 8, 2003

State-Mandated Tests Rarely Motivate Learning, Study Suggests

Will new high-stakes tests make high-school students learn more, increasing their chances of getting into college?

That is the hope of many state legislators and testing advocates across the nation. But a new survey of more than 4,000 high-school teachers by the National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy, based at Boston College, reveals that many educators have concerns about the proliferation of standardized tests.

The survey found that state-testing programs

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