Punishes students | Punishes teachers | Punishes schools | |
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Assessment itself | Assessment is biased | Do not know what students will be tested on | N/A |
How the assessment is given | Assessment is too long | Teachers are incentivized to teach to the test; narrows curriculum | Hijacks the computer lab |
How the assessment results are used | Causes stereotype threat or reinforces a sense of failure | Results are not useful for teachers; teachers can get fired | Schools get less money based on results |