<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>High-stakes testing is not a new phenomenon in education. It has become part of the education system in many countries. These tests affect the school systems, teachers, students, politicians and parents, whether that is in a positive or negative sense. High-stakes testing is associated with concepts such as a school's accountability, funding and parental choice of school. The study aims to explain high-stakes testing, how it is created and developed in selected countries and look at the negative impacts of tests on various actors within this relationship.</p></abstract>

High-stakes testing is not a new phenomenon in education. It has become part of the education system in many countries. These tests affect the school systems, teachers, students, politicians and parents, whether that is in a positive or negative sense. High-stakes testing is associated with concepts such as a school's accountability, funding and parental choice of school. The study aims to explain high-stakes testing, how it is created and developed in selected countries and look at the negative impacts of tests on various actors within this relationship.

Negative impacts of high-stakes testing

Faculty of Education, Department of Preschool and Primary Education, Trnava University of Trnava, Priemyselná 4, Trnava 918 43, Slovakia

Journal of Pedagogy

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High-stakes testing is not a new phenomenon in education. It has become part of the education system in many countries. These tests affect the school systems,...

Negative impacts of high-stakes testing

Published Online: Aug 21, 2012

Page range: 82 - 100

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10159-012-0004-x

Keywords
High-stakes testing, negative impacts, students, teaching, learning, teachers, schools

This content is open access.

Negative impacts of high-stakes testing

Published Online: Aug 21, 2012

Page range: 82 - 100

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10159-012-0004-x

KeywordsHigh-stakes testing, negative impacts, students, teaching, learning, teachers, schools

This content is open access.

Keywords
High-stakes testing, negative impacts, students, teaching, learning, teachers, schools