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Idaho's High-Stakes Testing Gamble

by Peter Sacks

Jun 11, 2003

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Greetings all:

As an author and critic who writes frequently about
national educational issues, I have been following for
some years educational policymaking in and around
Boise and the state of Idaho. I have been fortunate to
travel across the country talking to teachers, parents,
school administrators and others confronting these
issues.

In a sense, Idhao has been removed from the testing
and accountability crusade sweeping the nation over
the past several years. But that is about to change --
with a vengeance -- if the State Board of Education
approves a new plan to add Idaho to the growing list of
states that have adopted high school "exit" tests as the
main gatekeeper to a high school diploma in this state.

My essay, "Idaho's High-Stakes Testing Gamble," is
aimed at readers in Idaho, but I think the state's
experience is instructive to those in other states as
well, an ...See More

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