The in box. What does testing and test prep cost in money and time?
Madame President-
Last night I received the letter from Executive Vice Presidet Lawrence that the AFT Educational Issues depart, in tandem with the Legislative Department, will implement the actions of “Resolution #5″ to design guidelines and draft legislation for a total cost analysis of testing in our schools.I just wanted to thank you and the others on the Executive Council for all your efforts on this. I am three weeks into my school year and already I have tallied that as of Wednesday, Oct 2nd, my students will have spent 738 minutes of prepping for and taking standardized tests, which would have otherwise been used for instruction. Some students in Chicago have done more than that already.While diagnostic testing has some place in helping educators reflectively improve their instruction,
Ten minute drawing. Quinn.
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