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tested to death
By Carolyn
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Boy, Helen, do I know what you mean! You work in NC as my husband does. I am driving across the line to SC, but it's no different there. Same pressure on the kids. I feel so badly for them having to learn skills which| they are not developmentally ready for. Their math skills are horrible. Only two of my students passed the state test last year in math. I think that in the years to come somebody should research these state tests. Follow a control group and an experimental group. One group which isn't tested to death, while the other learns with enjoyment without the pressures of state testing. | |
Maybe you can do this for us, Helen, after you retire? It would be an interesting study, wouldn't it, even though I know the politicians would never go for it. They are still convinced that 100% of accountability belongs to the teacher. What about student accountability? Parent accountability? Isn't the pie always aimed at the teacher's face?
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