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http://www.texasobserver.org/walter-stroup-standardized-testing-pearson/
When Dr. Walter Stroup showed that Texas’ standardized testing regime is flawed, the testing company struck back.
by Jason Stanford Published on Wednesday, September 3, 2014, at 8:00 CST
Rebellions sometimes begin slowly, and Walter Stroup had to wait almost seven hours to start his. The setting was a legislative hearing at the Texas Capitol in the summer of 2012 at which the growing opposition to high-stakes standardized testing in Texas public schools was about to come to a head. Stroup, a University of Texas professor, was there to testify, but there was a long line of witnesses ahead of him. For hours he waited patiently, listening to everyone else struggle to explain why 15 years of standardized testing hadn’t improved schools. Stroup believed he had the answer.
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When Dr. Walter Stroup showed that Texas’ standardized testing regime is flawed, the testing company struck back.
by Jason Stanford Published on Wednesday, September 3, 2014, at 8:00 CST
Rebellions sometimes begin slowly, and Walter Stroup had to wait almost seven hours to start his. The setting was a legislative hearing at the Texas Capitol in the summer of 2012 at which the growing opposition to high-stakes standardized testing in Texas public schools was about to come to a head. Stroup, a University of Texas professor, was there to testify, but there was a long line of witnesses ahead of him. For hours he waited patiently, listening to everyone else struggle to explain why 15 years of standardized testing hadn’t improved schools. Stroup believed he had the answer.
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