High Stakes Testing and the Politics of Improving Schools
Rm 407, Levis Faculty Center
919 W. Illinois St
Urbana
Assessment and accountability have played prominent roles in many of the reform efforts during the last 50 years. The most current wave of reform is anchored by educational accountability systems. Do these systems actually work? What are the intended and unintended consequences? Can the unintended negative side effects be minimized?
Sponsored by: Department of Educational Psychology
In conjunction with: Bureau of Educational Research, Consortium for Instructional Research and Curriculum Evaluation (CIRCE), Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Department of Educational Organization and Leadership, Department of Psychology, Department of Statistics, Institute for Communications Research, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, Office of Instructional Resources, Illinois State Board of Education
Distinguished Professor of Education, University of Colorado at Boulder, and Co-Director of the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards and Student Testing (CRESST)
