Oregon Parent Opts Out of Standardized Testing
Oregon parent Jen Norman explains why she will no permit her son to take standardized tests this year.
We can complain about the choices our administrators make, but at the end of the day, their job is to get every student to pass the OAKS test. That’s the system that is in place, and they’re working very hard to ensure that it happens. They’re doing a good job; teachers are working hard, schools are trying innovative ways to raise test scores. The question is whether or not we as a society want this one test to be the only way we measure success for students and teachers.
It is time that we look at the bigger picture and grab the attention of
