"A must read for policymakers and educators nationwide. Hillocks provides guidance for more thoughtful ways of approaching testing and school improvement in the coming century. This book is brilliant."
—Sarah Warshauer Freedman, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley

"Hillocks has written an excellent book that demystifies the complexities involved in the testing of writing. The Testing Trap is essential reading for administrators, teachers, and parents."
—Richard Sterling, Executive Director, National Writing Project

"A timely addition to current policy debates. Hillocks' analyses make it clear just how many traps there are in using high-stakes tests to drive curriculum, instruction, and achievement."
— Arthur Applebee, University at Albany, SUNY