The solution to everything: More Standardized Testing! - Wait, What?

The solution to everything: More Standardized Testing! - Wait, What?:

The solution to everything: A. More Standardized Testing!

by jonpelto

Public education experts Diane Ravitch and Gary Rubinstein write about a recent letter from 30 plus “education reform” groups to Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan.

The “education reformer’s” message; standardized test scores should be used to measure the effectiveness of teacher training programs in the United States.

No don’t laugh, these people are for real.

Here is what they want. Colleges graduate teachers; teachers get hired; the teacher’s students take standardized tests; the standardized test score not only determine which teachers are retained and which are fired, but the scores are also used to determine