The upside of testing topic
The Illawarra Mercury on 27 April 2010 reported comments by MIT Professor Joshua Angrist on standardised testing, My School and charter schools. According to Benjamin Long's article, leading United States economist, Professor Joshua Angrist, argued that the real benefit of the MySchool website will not be for parents wanting to compare their children's school with others, but for academic researchers. Tead the full article here:
The upside of testing topic (First published in the Illawarra Mercury 27 April 2010 p23)
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