Re: Fw: [ccse_core] Firms cash in on mandated school tests

[Carol Holst <kceh@AIRMAIL.NET>]

> But Monty Neill, executive director of FairTest, a group that has
> opposed
> increased standardized testing, said the changes have happened too fast,
> with
> too little scrutiny of whether the new services actually help youngsters
> learn.
>
> ''These private companies are really like vultures, descending on what
> they
> see as a feast,'' he said. ''We're worried that we are going to be
> hearing
> stories about schools not being able to buy library books because they
> are
> spending money on test prep.''

According to Linda McNeil when she appeared on 60 Minutes a few years
ago (which I have on videotape somewhere), it's already happened in
Houston.  And if the big, expensive, third-grade retention train wreck
kapowie happens in Texas this year you'd better believe it's going to be
a widespread problem.

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