What impact could assessments have on your ability to nurture the child's internal dialogue in the classroom? ...

Campbell's Law states, "The more any quantitative social indicator (or even some qualitative indicator) is used for social decision-making, the more subject it will be to corruption pressures and the more apt it will be to distort and corrupt the social processes it is intended to monitor" (1).

If France's evaluation of Campbell's Law and standardized assessments is accurate, then they tell us more about privilege and affluence than they do about academic achievement. Consider this as you respond to the following:

• What impact could assessments have on your ability to nurture the child's internal dialogue in the classroom?

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