The Trouble with Test Scores.

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New research has found that test scores, particularly year-to-year score gains, are too erratic to be used fairly to hold schools accountable, according to the National Center for Fair & Open Testing. Average school scores and short-term gains or losses typically fluctuate widely due to factors outside a school's control, according to researchers Thomas Kane and Douglas Staiger. Proposed revisions to...