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When Tests Fail: Why Our Public Education System Needs To Rethink High-Stakes Standardized Testing, Thomas J. Shields
When Tests Fail: Why Our Public Education System Needs To Rethink High-Stakes Standardized Testing, Thomas J. Shields
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While we were in Finland, we met with students, teachers, university faculty and other leaders, such as Pasi Sahlberg, author of "Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland." When we asked Sahlberg what was the most important change that the United States could make to improve its education system, he replied without hesitation: Eliminate high-stakes standardized testing.