By Monty Neill, Ed.D.
Executive Director, FairTest
With the teaching profession and public schools under attack as never before, teachers, parents and others rallied in Washington, D.C., at the end of July to “Save Our Schools.” The two most prominent themes at the SOS event were:
- The nation’s failure to address poverty or to provide every child with a strong opportunity to thrive and learn, and
- The overuse and misuse of standardized tests imposed by No Child Left Behind and made worse by the actions of many states and districts.
Teachers, students, parents and many others recognize that testing mania has gone way too far. It undermines the limited educational opportunity low-income youth do have.
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