02-05-2018 18:12 via edmontonjournal.com

Editorial: Alberta Teacher's Association impugns a free press

Many educators have serious misgivings about standardized tests, especially when the results are used to judge students from different schools.
Especially controversial are the biannual report cards issued by the Fraser Institute which use data from Provincial Achievement Tests to rate schools across the province.
Some concerns are understandable; it can be unfair to compare schools serving different demographics, with disparate levels of family resources and other factors, based
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