#  Scandal in Atlanta Reignites Debate Over Tests' Role 

 





April 02, 2013

 

 

*CEPR Faculty Director Thomas Kane comments on the role of education testing amid the Atlanta school cheating scandal in the New York Times article.*

There are few more contentious issues in public education than the increased reliance on standardized testing.

In the context of a fiery debate, the Atlanta school cheating scandal, the largest in recent history, detonates like a bomb, fueling critics who say that standardized testing as a way to measure student achievement should be scaled back.

Evidence of systemic cheating has emerged in as many as a dozen places across the country, and protests in Chicago, New York City, Seattle, across Texas and elsewhere represent a growing backlash among educators and parents against high-stakes testing.

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