For decades, standardized testing has been a part of public education. Within the last ten years, however, the testing has taken on a more important, and possibly more damaging, role. Test scores, mistakenly viewed as effective assessments of student ability and teacher/school effectiveness, are anything but. This film sheds light on the invalid nature of these tests, the terrible consequences of high-stakes testing, and the big money that’s involved. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 8.9/10 | |
Released: | January 13, 2014 | |
Runtime: | 74 min | |
Genres: | Documentary News | |
Companies: | Rockfish Productions | |
Crew: | Jim del Conte Daniel Hornberger | |
mkmikas : there was a phrase in the doc - "doctors without degrees"