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New Book Analyzes Results of No Child Left Behind Act, WASL
Washington State University News, November 14, 2006 by Maria Ortega
Donald C. Orlich, professor emeritus of education at Washington State University, has published ”School Reform: The Great American Brain Robbery,” which discusses the educational system in the nation and in Washington State in the wake of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and standardized testing in schools.
“School Reform” criticizes current school reform efforts, in large part because of the emphasis on standardized testing. Orlich said that “testing madness” yields invalid and unreliable measures of student achievement and helps subsidize private testing companies.
The full text of this article can be found at The Washington State University News.
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