Enough, already, of the current No Child Left Behind law Commentary Minnesota Public Radio NewsQ:
"The test data provide a wholly inadequate snapshot of how Minnesota's students and schools are doing on a given day. Think of your driver's license photo. It's actually you in the picture, but how many of us would consider it a true representation of how we look?
NCLB test results are designed in such a way that all Minnesota's schools will be on the failure list by 2014, according to the legislative auditor. The arbitrary standards defy common sense. Schools can fail by missing one of 37 different criteria. If 100 percent of Special Ed kids aren't proficient, the school doesn't meet standards. And every year the standards change."
"The test data provide a wholly inadequate snapshot of how Minnesota's students and schools are doing on a given day. Think of your driver's license photo. It's actually you in the picture, but how many of us would consider it a true representation of how we look?
NCLB test results are designed in such a way that all Minnesota's schools will be on the failure list by 2014, according to the legislative auditor. The arbitrary standards defy common sense. Schools can fail by missing one of 37 different criteria. If 100 percent of Special Ed kids aren't proficient, the school doesn't meet standards. And every year the standards change."
