PBS NewsHour

Is ‘The Test’ failing American schools?

Clip: 01/22/2015 | 6m 40s

As Congress considers revisions to the No Child Left Behind education law, there’s a larger debate about the role and efficacy of using standardized tests as assessment. Anya Kamenetz, author of “The Test: Why Our Schools Are Obsessed With Standardized Testing, But You Don't Have To Be,” joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the evolving role of testing and the “big, unintended consequences.”

Aired: 01/22/15

Rating: NR

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