Disrespecting professional judgment Sent to the Washington Post, Jan 9 Several experts claim that without annual standardized testing, we dont know if students are progressing (Education Secretary Arne Duncan to outline education priorities and defend testing, January 9.). They are telling us, in other words, that teacher evaluations of students mean nothing: We should value scores on a single test constructed by distant strangers more than the judgments of professionals who work with students every day. Stephen Krashen Original article: washingtonpost/local/education/obama-administration-draws-line-in-sand-over-testing/2015/01/09/12e3d9da-9818-11e4-aabd-d0b93ff613d5_story.html This letter posted at: tinyurl/l4q26et
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 07:52:33 +0000
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