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ACHIEVEMENT TESTS

COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2014
Shaming students' teachers shows little class
The Finns, known for having the world's best schools, would be aghast at the thought of revealing the names of teachers alongside their students' annual achievement test scores — a future possibility in Japan.
EDITORIALS
Sep 13, 2014
Test scores can't tell all about kids
The education ministry's decision to make public, prefecture by prefecture, the average scores of annual nationwide achievement tests carried out in April for junior high and elementary school students is problematic.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 9, 2014
Japan should treat test scores with discretion
Although the education ministry's decision to allow local boards of education in Japan to make public the results of achievement tests for individual schools appeals to those who are frustrated by what they perceive as a lowering of standards, the tests are far too unstable to be considered reliable or fair.
EDITORIALS
Apr 28, 2014
Stressing over test scores
The education ministry's new policy of letting municipal boards of education release the results of nationwide achievement tests for individual public schools risks distorting the approach to education in Japan.
EDITORIALS
Nov 4, 2013
Keep schools' test results private
Letting education boards, instead of individual public schools, decide whether to release the results of nationwide achievement tests for sixth and ninth graders would skew the purpose of education.
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2013
Lower-ranked prefectures' students see improved achievement tests
Achievement tests given last April indicate elementary and junior high school students in lower-ranked prefectures improved their learning performance, a recent education ministry report found.

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