Counterproductive Targets

Some blog followers might be interested in a recent post “Counterproductive Targets” [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: The recent Atlanta cheating scandal [(Gumbrecht 2013) at http://bit.ly/YRAVax and (Strauss 2013a) at http://wapo.st/Z2ebBB], is a byproduct of the draconian consequences of failure to meet “Adequate Yearly Progress” http://bit.ly/Z0iq0o TARGETS of the “No Child Left Behind Act” http://bit.ly/XWtRGp. Such corruption is consistent with six empirical “laws” related to Counterproductive Targets, five of which were listed by EvalTalk’s Bill Fear (2013). They are epitomized by “Campbell's Law”: “The more any quantitative social 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.”
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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REFERENCES [URL shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 03 April 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. “Counterproductive Targets” online on the OPEN Net-Gold archives at http://yhoo.it/YTuvYB. Post of 03 April 14:00-0700 to Net-Gold and AERA-L. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to several discussion lists.