Denisha Jones: How to Explain to Civil Rights Groups that Testing Does Not Improve the Education of Children of Color

Denisha Jones, who holds a Ph.D. from Indiana University in curriculum and instruction, is presently a professor at Howard University. She is a regular contributor to EmPower magazine, where the following article appeared:   She writes that “reformers” claim that standardized testing will improve the achievement of children of color, although it is actually discourages […]