Obama wants less testing, Dept of Ed wants more testing
The president wants less testing; the DOE wants more.
Sent to the Washington Post, March 28, 2011
"Obama says standardized tests too punitive" (3/28/11) is baffling.
The president is calling for less standardized testing and less teaching to the test while his Department of Education is launching the most extensive standardized testing program ever seen in American education, one that goes far beyond the president's reasonable suggestion of a standardized test to be given every few years.
It is widely agreed that No Child Left Behind put too much emphasis on testing, but the new plan goes far
