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Commentary: Testing! Testing! 1 2 3! Detouring away from meaningful education | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Commentary: Testing! Testing! 1 2 3! Detouring away from meaningful education | Philadelphia Public School Notebook:


Commentary: Testing! Testing! 1 2 3! Detouring away from meaningful education

This is a guest blog, and the ideas expressed are solely the opinions of the author. The Notebook invites guest blog posts on current topics in Philadelphia education from its readers. Send submissions tonotebook@thenotebook.org.

by Joseph P. Batory
During the past 12 years, since the adoption of No Child Left Behind, elected officials at state and national levels have been consumed with using test scores as a panacea for American education. This political pressure has crumbled the educational resistance from many school districts, which have now bought into test preparation rituals and teaching to the test as the top priorities for public education.
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