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One of the most controversial workplace issues for teachers in recent years has been the rapid implementation of testing schemes as a means of evaluating teacher and school performance levels. As Republicans push ahead with legislation to require testing of all elementary and junior high students and punish schools that to do not boost scores, a commission on testing has released a study strongly questioning the wisdom of this path. The commission---formed by the National Education Association and four other teacher's unions, and supported by groups representing principles and superintendents---has found that the effect of such hastily created tests is to increase testing to the exam, which leads to the neglect of other aspects of student's education.