Putting the Focus on Student Engagement: The Benefits of Performance Based Assessment.
The large numbers of teachers and families of children in public schools participating in a movement to opt out of high stakes, standardized testing indicate strong resistance to a school "reform" that has done little to improve public education and much to undermine it. Bipartisan legislation allowing parents to "opt out" is currently being debated in many state legislatures. Feeling the pressure of parents, educators, and community members, politicians and Putting the Focus on Student Engagement e Bene ts of Performance Based Assessment