High stakes testing practices in some states ressemble child abuse
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As you are getting ready to go back to school, you may be feeling pleased that your child is going to a school with high test ratings. Before you decide if that's a good thing or not, read this story. You may be shocked at the lengths many schools and districts will go to, to raise their test scores. After reading, go to your child's school and start asking some hard questions. Need help with the questions. Contact me.
My last assignment in a public school was in Houston, TX where I worked at the Aldine Independent School District. I worked on a 5th/6th grade campus. The children began the school year by spending their first two days of school taking practice tests in all the tested subjects under test conditions.
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