High-stakes testing with the goal of increasing student learning and school accountability has suffered some potential unintended consequences. Discuss some of the potential unintended consequences of high-stakes testing and what might be done to address
What will be an ideal response?
High-stakes testing potentially contributes to an increased dropout rate. Focus in the
classroom is more on memorization and arriving at a single right or wrong answer.
Adolescents learn better by using questions more than answers, hypotheses more
than facts, and by using their own experiences. To address the potential unintended
consequences, the tests could be redesigned to coincide with adolescents' cognitive
skills, and schools could develop intellectually challenging activities that support
learning and teach critical thinking without resorting to rote processes.
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a) panic b) acrophobia c) generalized anxiety disorder d) obsessive-compulsive disorder
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