The Obama administration’s call this past weekend for Congress to “reduce over-testing,” and to cap assessment to 2 percent of classroom instruction time comes amid a debate on testing that has turned toxic, with assessments becoming synonymous with punitive policies instead of with directing teaching and learning. Despite years of focus on accountability, inequities in […]

Rick Stiggins
Rick Stiggins is the founder of the the Assessment Training Institute,and the author of books, articles and papers on assessment practices in the classroom and its impact on students and student success.