Polling Ed Reform
There's sure to be a lot of ink spilled about the latest Monmouth poll on education reform. A few thoughts:
Drop down to item #7:
What kind of job do you think the standardized tests used in New Jersey schools do at accurately measuring students’ abilities – excellent, good, only fair, or poor?
Notice the construction is "only fair"; that's clearly a pejorative. 31% of those polled say tests do an "excellent" or "good" job, but 59% say they are "only fair" or "poor." Almost 2-to-1, people say testing is inaccurate.
Now look at #8:
What kind of job do you think the standardized tests used in New Jersey schools do at accurately
