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CAT Tracks for October 25, 2015
OBAMA/DUNCAN: TOO MUCH HIGH-STAKES TESTING |
Yesterday, I forwarded an e-mail from Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, to CAT Tracks subscribers.
The "message" was positive:
Well, hold the celebrations!
From the opening sentence of the article below:
But, then, in the fifth paragraph of the same article...
Well, whoop-dee-doo...
...three-tenths of one effing percent!
Soothe my palpitating heart.
Oh, well, read the news report for yourself...
...followed by a couple of other not-so-rave reviews of this "game-changing" announcement by the White House and the U.S. Department of Education.
From The Southern Illinoisan
Obama encouraging limits on standardized student tests
From Peter Greene's Blog
USED: Recycled Empty Course Change on Testing
From Diane Ravitch's Blog
BATs Respond to Arne’s Retreat on Testing
"...the Obama White House and the Department of Education acknowledged that the obsession with high-stakes testing has gone too far, and admitted their own policies helped drive the problem."
"...President Barack Obama on Saturday called for capping standardized testing at 2 percent of classroom time..."
"It (the Council of the Great City Schools) said testing amounts to 2.3 percent of classroom time for the average 8th-grader."