Not an educator or parent
When did test scores become the be-all, end-all? About a year ago, I was reading a New York Times commentary about integration, and the author suggested that voluntary busing, among other things, fell victim to test-score mania.
His point was that integration was NEVER specifically designed to improve test scores, but to give people of color the skills to negotiate a majority-white world. I suspect his worldview is a liberal one that's now out of favor, but I digress.
And CT4, I agree with your point. We have adapted, as it were, because we often don't have a choice.
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