We need more teachers like this « Cooperative Catalyst

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We need more teachers like this

by joebower

If you are proud of your high testsandgrades or ashamed of your low ones, you are a part of the problem.

But if those who get low testsandgrades speak up against them they are easily labelled as ‘sour grapes’.

That’s why those who get high testsandgrades have a responsibility to speak up and reject any accolades. Because they know that standardized tests measure what matters least. They also know that the costs of standardized testing are entirely unacceptable.

In New York, teachers are now evaluated & ranked according to their students’ standardized test scores. While