What Is the Relationship among NAEP Scores, Educational Policy, and Classroom Practice?

There is no decade over the past 100 years when the media, public, and political leaders deemed test scores successful, regardless of the myriad of changes to policies and practices.

Paul Thomas
Nov 8 · 7 min read

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P. L. Thomas, Professor of Education Furman University, taught high school English before moving to teacher education. https://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/

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