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Testing More,Teaching LessWhat America’s Obsessionwith Student Testing Costs in Moneyand Lost Instructional Timeby Howard Nelson
Randi WeingartenpresidentLorretta Johnsonsecretary-treasurerFrancine Lawrenceexecutive vice presidentOUR MISSIONThe American Federation of Teachers is a union of professionals that championsfairness; democracy; economic opportunity; and high-quality public education,healthcare and public services for our students, their families and our communities.We are committed to advancing these principles through community engagement,organizing, collective bargaining and political activism, and especially through thework our members do.Copyright © American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO (AFT 2013). Permission is herebygranted to AFT state and local affiliates to reproduce and distribute copies of the work fornonprofit educational purposes, provided that copies are distributed at or below cost, andthat the author, source, and copyright notice are included on each copy. Any distributionof such materials to third parties who are outside of the AFT or its affiliates is prohibitedwithout first receiving the express written permission of the AFT.
Page 1: Testing More,Teaching LessWhat Amer
Page 5 and 6: ation. Instead, public policy and p
Page 8 and 9: Executive SummaryOBJECTIVESStudents
Page 10 and 11: associated interim/benchmarking tes
Page 12 and 13: The Testing LandscapeState-mandated
Page 14 and 15: Table 1BAssessment Inventory, Midwe
Page 16 and 17: Midwestern Public SchoolsTesting Ca
Page 18 and 19: added teacher assessment, class siz
Page 20 and 21: approximately four hours to student
Page 22 and 23: $20,000 per pupil in the highest-sp
Page 24 and 25: Instructional Time Lostto Test Prep
Page 26 and 27: proximately three hours per week. T
Page 28 and 29: Time Initiative estimated that incr
Page 30 and 31: ReferencesBruno, Robert, Steven Ash
Page 32 and 33: APPENDIXResearch on Time Used for T
Page 34 and 35: Appendix Table ADirect Cost of Asse
Page 36 and 37: Appendix Table CEstimated Hours of

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