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Nikki, I can't say I blame you....But, when it all boils down it is about money. Test scores =money. See, the underlying factor is the push to support the school voucher program nationally to encourage parents like you to send their child to private schools.
That way the rich can get the same incentives as a poor kid whose parents receive assisstance.
Why do you think they are pushing this whole test thing? Or even holding teachers accountable for what the parents should be doing?
It is all politics and our children are suffering from the brunt of it.
It is sad when a child in the 8th grade can barely write as well as a 4 year old but is allowed to take a test that he can barely bubble in a scantron correctly. I have been told numerous times that if they don't understand then move along and they will pick it up later and they never do. They then teach the test YES I SAID IT and the kid graduates with no skills. This particularly happens with our black and hispanic children. This practice is wrong but until some parent sues and it appears on Good Morning America it will not be addressed.
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