Here is Mamet decrying the use of test screenings as a tool for predicting a films appeal.
What is the use of test results that are released months later, measuring a classroom, a school, a district or a state in terms of aggregate test scores?
A federal appeals court in Philadelphia decided yesterday to deny four black students another chance to sue the N.C.A.A. over the use of test scores to determine eligibility.
In addition, the use of test data for purposes of evaluating and compensating teachers will work against the education of the most vulnerable children.
Anger over the use of test results exploded during the strike by the Chicago Teachers Unionn last month.
States that prohibit the use of test scores in teacher evaluations, for example, are not eligible for the funds.
Mr. Paterson and Mr. Klein also said that a state law that prohibits the use of test score data in deciding teacher tenure had hurt the state's chances.
The A.C.L.U.'s lawsuit, which comes at a time of intense national debate over standards in education and the use of test scores, could set a precedent, much like a 1989 case in New York State.
In Indiana, lawmakers beat back an effort to impose a moratorium on new charters and, after Mr. Duncan warned that states prohibiting the use of test data in teacher evaluations would be ineligible for awards, revoked such a prohibition.
The unions have also fought the use of test scores in tenure decisions, saying they were an unfair gauge of ability and would turn classrooms into test-preparation mills.
And she showed no intention of rethinking any of the reforms that her predecessor, Joel I. Klein, brought to the system, chief among them the use of test scores and algorithms to measure the performance of teachers, principals and schools.
