Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) for twelfth graders underscore the failure of federal and state test-driven school policies. Today’s report shows no NAEP score improvement for high school seniors in reading or math since 2009.
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The changes may make the SAT appear more consumer-friendly. But they do not make it a better test. Most of the revisions are marketing bells and whistles. None address the exam's fundamental weaknesses. . .
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This new infographic and fact sheet show that looming multi-state standardized exams will remain mostly multiple-choice, will be misused for high-stakes purposes, and will fail to help improve education.
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More than 800 four-year colleges and universities do not use the SAT or ACT to admit substantial numbers of bachelor-degree applicants.