Test, Punish, and Push Out: How "Zero Tolerance" and High Stakes Testing Funnel Youth Into the School-to-Prison Pipeline

"... Together, zero tolerance and high-stakes testing have turned schools into hostile and alienating environments for many of our youth, effectively treating them as dropouts-in-waiting. The devastating end result of these intertwined punitive policies is a “school-to-prison pipeline,” in which huge numbers of students throughout the country are treated as if they are disposable, and are being routinely pushed out of school and toward the juvenile and criminal justice systems.

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