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Is “Accountability” Undermining American Education?
Carol Dweck // Apr. 9, 2012 // 4:39 PM

Standardized testing teaches kids that intellectual abilities are fixed, and that the purpose of school is to measure them. More

Testing Around the World
Amanda Ripley // Oct. 21, 2011 // 9:00 AM

Amanda Ripley has traveled the world to find out how other countries test their students and to ask the question, “Are American kids overtested?” More

The Secret to Finland's Success
Kari Louhivuori // Sep. 27, 2011 // 1:00 PM

Kari Louhivuori, principal of a school in Finland, explains the philosophy behind his country's remarkable educational success. More

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