To understand how high-stakes accountability has influenced teaching and learning, this book looks at the consequences that high-stakes tests hold for students,

The role played by testing in the nation's public school system has been increasing steadily-and growing more complicated-for more than 20 years. The Committee

Test-based accountability systems that attach high stakes to standardized test results have raised a number of issues on educational assessment and accountabili

Drawing on their extensive research, Nichols and Berliner document and categorize the ways that high-stakes testing threatens the purposes and ideals of the Ame

Everyone is in favor of "high education standards" and "fair testing" of student achievement, but there is little agreement as to what these terms actually mean