Shooting skeet was excellent practice. It taught them to shoot skeet."*
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In today's Times, Michael Winerip spotlights an important limitation to a widely publicized longitudinal study that found that elementary school teachers who significantly raise students' test scores have a positive impact on their long-term prospects.Winerip notes that the testing in question took place before the era of "high-stakes testing," in which teachers are under relentless pressure to teach to the test and curricula are bent to that end. Winerip's caveat:
Shooting skeet was excellent practice. It taught them to shoot skeet."*
Shooting skeet was excellent practice. It…
Shooting skeet was excellent practice. It taught them to shoot skeet."*
In today's Times, Michael Winerip spotlights an important limitation to a widely publicized longitudinal study that found that elementary school teachers who significantly raise students' test scores have a positive impact on their long-term prospects.Winerip notes that the testing in question took place before the era of "high-stakes testing," in which teachers are under relentless pressure to teach to the test and curricula are bent to that end. Winerip's caveat: