David L. Kirp, author of Improbable Scholars, discusses how a standardized testing-based education system puts too much pressure on students and teachers, and how it often leads to cheating. [ Ссылка ]

David L. Kirp, a nationally-known education expert, is James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. His most recent book is Improbably Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America's Schools. In seventeen books and scores of articles in newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Nation, American Prospect, and the Atlantic, as well as in leading academic journals, he has covered the education waterfront from cradle to college. After the 2008 election, he served on President Obama's Transition Team.

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