The REAL reason the government is subjecting your kids to standardized tests. In my opinion, if we, as parents, do nothing about it, we are guilty of child neglect. Government-mandated standardized tests are not and were not ever supposed to be used to “diagnose” students and inform instruction.” The only purpose of standardized tests is to impose accountability measures on teachers and schools. Since the passage of No Child Left Behind, no child takes a standardized test as a diagnostic tool, intended to help her teachers differentiate her instruction. The stated reason for these tests is so those in positions of authority can use the scores to justify any number of consequences for schools that are in need of improvement,” including closure, restructuring, and charter conversion (all measures, incidentally, that have little to no research to support them). Since Race To The Top, the tests are also used in ways that are innumerateand inappropriate to assess teacher effectiveness. Jersey Jazzman
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 22:27:39 +0000
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