High-stakes testing: not so bad.That low clamor you might be hearing is the rumble of a thousand opponents of high-stakes testing A high-stakes test is an assessment which has important consequences for the test taker. If the examinee passes the test, then the examinee may receive significant benefits, such as a high school diploma or a license to practice law. criticizing a new study that says high school exit exams don't lower graduation rates. Jay Greene Jay Greene is a retired NASA engineer. He worked as a flight controller during the Apollo Program and was a flight director from 1982 to 1986, most notably serving as ascent flight director at the time of the Challenger accident in 1986. , a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute The Manhattan Institute for Policy Research is a self-described "free market think tank" established in New York City in 1978, with its headquarters on Vanderbilt Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. for Policy Research, looked at data from 1991 to 2001 in 18 states with exit exams, tie concluded "that adopting a high school exit exam has no effect on high school graduation rates," perhaps because the exams are easy, or because students have multiple chances to take them. Opponents faulted Greene's methods and conclusion. One complaint: the study stops at 2001 and doesn't consider Massachusetts, where a new exam markedly lowered the graduation rate last year, says Anne Wheelock of the Progress Through the Education Pipeline Project. Others say the study doesn't distinguish between minimum competency COMPETENCY, evidence. The legal fitness or ability of a witness to be heard on the trial of a cause. This term is also applied to written or other evidence which may be legally given on such trial, as, depositions, letters, account-books, and the like. 2. tests and more difficult standards-based tests. Still others want no child to be left behind at graduation. "If Jay Greene ... can come up with a study that says high stakes High Stakes is a British sitcom starring Richard Wilson that aired in 2001. It was written by Tony Sarchet. The second series remains unaired after the first received a poor reception. exit exams will absolutely not harm a single student, maybe I'll sit up and take notice," says Susan Allison, coordinator of Marylanders Against High Stakes Testing. "Until then, I'll keep fighting to make sure that not a single Maryland student is robbed of his or her diploma because of this disastrous high-stakes testing fad." |
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