Quotes: What We Really Mean When We Talk About "High Stakes"

These tests are super-high-stakes for instructors and principals...but they are relatively low-stakes for individual students. - The Atlantic's Derek Thompson blogging about a new Freakonomics study 

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[Sarah]

Teachers always made sure students knew exactly what those stakes were too. I really wish some school districts would preach about how students who didn't do well were a disgrace to their teachers and school.