If the PA Legislature Won’t Pass a Budget, Schools Shouldn’t Give High Stakes Tests | gadflyonthewallblog

If the PA Legislature Won’t Pass a Budget, Schools Shouldn’t Give High Stakes Tests | gadflyonthewallblog:

If the PA Legislature Won’t Pass a Budget, Schools Shouldn’t Give High Stakes Tests

 No one gives a high stakes test because he or she thinks it helps kids learn.

Public schools give tests because they are threatened by the state: give this test or we’ll withhold your funding.

In Pennsylvania, the legislature can’t be bothered to pass a budget. So lawmakers have already withheld funding.

So WHY THE HECK ARE SCHOOLS GIVING THESE TERRIBLE TESTS!!?

Pause with me a moment for a smidgen of background.

It seems the Keystone State just can’t afford its public schools.If the PA Legislature Won’t Pass a Budget, Schools Shouldn’t Give High Stakes Tests | gadflyonthewallblog: