Friday, August 5, 2011

OTL Campaign Blog: Do away with "test-and-punish" for real opportunity to learn

OTL Campaign Blog: Do away with "test-and-punish" for real opportunity to learn

Do away with "test-and-punish" for real opportunity to learn


By Monty Neill, Ed.D.
Executive Director, FairTest

With the teaching profession and public schools under attack as never before, teachers, parents and others rallied in Washington, D.C., at the end of July to “Save Our Schools.” The two most prominent themes at the SOS event were:

  1. The nation’s failure to address poverty or to provide every child with a strong opportunity to thrive and learn, and
  2. The overuse and misuse of standardized tests imposed by No Child Left Behind and made
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