Testing Nation: Arts Edition
More evidence that when it comes to education we have lost our minds:
The City Department of Education wants to judge how well students can cut a rug, paint a picture and belt out a tune.Even as they face budget cuts, Education Department officials plan to start administering tests for dance, music, theater and the visual arts.The program, which will start at 80 schools next October, will measure whether fifth- and eighth-graders as well as high school students receive a quality education in the arts.The move sparked alarm from some parents who are concerned that students already take a full battery of exams in academic subjects."I don't think children should have to take a test on anything related to the arts that deals with how to
