Wednesday, March 20, 2013

editorial on high stakes testing.

http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20130213/OPINION01/302130015/Editorial-High-stakes-tests-killing-our-schools?gcheck=1&nclick_check=1

This writer said last month "deprivation of financial resources coupled with a regimented, dispassionate approach to measuring outcomes will by design sort out winners and losers". Ironically, it was exactly that kind of sorting system that we educators have been trying to get away from for many years. Race To the Top has revived it, on steroids. After all, how many can actually win the "race"?

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