Grumpy Educators: No Unnecessary Tests (NUT) Report: Good Riddance Day

Grumpy Educators: No Unnecessary Tests (NUT) Report: Good Riddance Day:

No Unnecessary Tests (NUT) Report: Good Riddance Day

by Sandra

Today is Good Riddance Day, a tradition to say goodbye to something that caused misery, worry, and other negative reactions during the year. To join this event, Grumpy Educators wishes to say good riddance to unnecessary tests and illogical forced compliance.

For followers, the story of South Carolina mother, Gretchen Herrera, is familiar. For others, the story crystallizes the twisted nature of compliance-driven high stakes assessment regimes, which puts the health and well-being of children at risk. After denied exemption from standardized testing for her son based on a