Schools Matter: Where your tax dollars are going: More testing

Schools Matter: Where your tax dollars are going: More testing:

Where your tax dollars are going: More testing

by skrashen

Sent to the Los Angeles Times, July 15

“… the relentless emphasis on covering tested material” with the resulting de-emphasis on creative and critical thinking, so necessary in today’s world (“Education's pendulum: Thinkers or test takers?, July 15), is going to get worse. 

The reaction of the US Department of Education to the excessive testing demanded by No Child Left Behind is to do it harder: Test more grade levels, more subjects, and add interim tests. There may even be pre-tests in the fall. 

Stephen Krashen

Sources: 
More grade levels to be tested: 
http://www.parcconline.org/K2-assessments
Race to the top for tots: http://www.ed.gov/early-learning/elc-draft-summary. (For a reaction, see