No Child Left Behind, Common Core, and the Lost Benefits of Effective Testing

Presentation before the Governor's council on common core review, State Capitol, Little Rock, May 2015.- Ordinary citizens seem to have more leverage at the state level.- US public debate on education testing now totally one-sided.- What do most of our successful international competitors do? - multi-level, multi-target “grade span” high-stakes testing - effect of testing with stakes? ~ 2 grade levels of increased achievement.