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That's the argument of George Wood, principal of Federal Hocking High School in Stewart, Ohio and a director of The Forum for Education and Democracy. "My high school has some of the highest standards in Ohio," writes Wood at the Forum website, "including requiring more credits for graduation than any other school as well as a Senior Project and Graduation Portfolio. My argument against high stakes testing is not based on wanting to lower standards; it is that these tests are the wrong standard." Wood says recent critiques of high-stakes testing, including a CNN special report, "demonstrate that trying to impose on students, schools, teachers, parents and communities a one-size-fits-all testing program 'dumbs down' the school curriculum. And at a cost that seems almost invisible to us now." See what you think of Wood's argument.

Wood, G.H. (2005). Looking for evidence. The Forum for education and democracy (20 Jul 2005). Retrieved from the Forum for Education and Democracy 21 Apr 2008. Link: http://www.forumforeducation.org/resources/index.php?item=282&page=27

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