#HighStakesTesting
And #HighStakesTesting is #StandardizedChildAbuse. I am a 30+ year, graduate-degreed, retired public school teacher who sees the destruction wrought at BOTH ends. #edusky #educhat
July 30, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Just published open access if anyone fancies a read. With @mvanhoutte.bsky.social #highstakestesting #fearoffailure
System failure? Exploring fear of failure, competition, cooperation & sense of belonging in education in England & Flanders bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
<em>British Educational Research Journal</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Fear of failure is damaging in a host of ways yet is rife in many schools. Drawing on self-worth theory, we explore whether fear of academic failure is higher in education systems with features that ...
bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
As long as #HighStakesTesting / #StandardizedChildAbuse is the law for American education, #special-education is essentially a spayed-neutered farce for both students & teachers.

Article below is from 2017 but still mostly relevant: #edusky #educhat #specialeducation

fairtest.org/standardized...
Standardized Testing and Students with Disabilities - Fairtest
Does Inclusion in Testing Mean Inclusion in Meaningful Learning? Federal law requires 95% test participation, including for the vast majority of students with disabilities. (One percent of all student...
fairtest.org
July 20, 2026 at 12:15 AM