Dropping Out or Pushed Out: The Impact of High School Dropout Rate Relative To High Stakes Testing Policy In The State Of Michigan
Introduction
The demand for advanced standards as well as better accountability within the US educational system has caused a nationwide raise in high stakes testing. To answer this increasing demand, in the year 2002, the act ‘No Child Left Behind’ was introduced to assure that all school children in US will get the chance as well as the resources to attain educational achievement. This act made state educational accomplishment standards and state evaluations mandatory (Cavendish, 2013). It also ...
