Researchers such as Wayne Au, an assistant education professor at University of Washington, Bothell, analyzed 49 qualitative studies to see how high-stakes testing affected curriculum. ... According to Stanford University's Elizabeth Cohen, lecture based, teacher centered instruction cannot teach students to collect, synthesize, and analyze information; this can only be done using cooperative learning and inquiry-based teaching. ...

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Standardized testing has become an enormous part of the educational community and the culture of America. As students make their way throughout school they are assaulted with test after test. A good majority of those tests are simply assessments handed out by teachers in order to spot weakne...

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