High-Stakes Testing Debate

I think that, if there is strong evidence that high-stakes testing is producing disadvantageous outcomes, we should examine why and how we can reduce these negative effects. I am worried to know that high-stakes tests have been connected to reduced achievement, increased dropout rates, and reduced graduation rates, especially for minority populations. These populations are already suffering from such problems before we applied high-stakes tests and we do not want any more of them dropping out of school. They need to be in school, not out in the streets. We should study the causes and mechanisms that shape high-stake tests effects, in order to find out how we can change them. Furthermore, I believe that if the main point of high-stakes tests