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Standards and Stress. By Carlos Contreras. Imagine!!!. http://www.emotional-intelligence-education.com/stress-emotions.html. The flaws of high stakes tests. Do not measure intelligence Alter teaching styles Rampant cheating. The cost. 39.4 billion Emotional toll. What is the Solution.
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Standards and Stress By Carlos Contreras
Imagine!!! http://www.emotional-intelligence-education.com/stress-emotions.html
The flaws of high stakes tests • Do not measure intelligence • Alter teaching styles • Rampant cheating
The cost • 39.4 billion • Emotional toll
What is the Solution • End testing • Peer evaluation • Principal evaluation • District evaluation http://educationalimpactblog.com/2011/01/20/teacher-evaluation-report-flawed/
The Benifits • Teachers can teach all subjects • Free up money • Puts the power into local hands http://ulsu.wordpress.com/2008/11/
How do we help • Write school district • Write congress • Write Senators • Write president • Spread the word
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Works cited Education, The U.S. Department of. ED.gov. 11 March 2010. 9 April 2011. Richard P. Phelps, PhD. Correcting Fallacies About Educational and Psychological Testing.Austrailia: Footprint Books, 2008. Steven Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner. Freakonomics. New York: Harper Collins Books, 2005.