Re: Parade Intelligence Report

["ElsaHaas" <ElsaHaas@si.rr.com>]

Could somebody explain to me the statement that New York has tacked on more
than 1.7 million additional reading and math tests over the last two years? 

I admit to not having read the whole article or all the related posts. I'm
just puzzled by that number, since I live in NY. 

In order to reach the number 1.7 million, wouldn't each school district have
to have come up with its own test/s? Do they do this? I know the kids are
tested frequently, but how frequently would it have to be to add up to this
number? Or are they counting ordinary classroom tests, not just standardized
tests?  

All I know is that there are about 1.1 million kids in the NYC public school
system. I don't know how many public school students, or public school
districts, there are statewide. 

I'm picking on the NY number just because we live here, but any explanation
about the other numbers would help me, too.   

Thanks, 
Elsa Haas

-----Original Message-----
From: arn-l-owner@interversity.org [mailto:arn-l-owner@interversity.org] On
Behalf Of George Sheridan
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 10:28 PM
To: Arn-l@interversity.org
Subject: [arn-l] Parade Intelligence Report

Under the title, "Making a Profit Off Kids," the "Intelligence 
Report," a widely-read feature in Parade, the most popular Sunday 
magazine supplement in America, reported on October 28, 2007:

"Over the last two years, 23 states across the country have added 
more than 11.3 million reading and math tests to their school 
curricula in order to keep up with the requirements of the federal No 
Child Left Behind Law. Michigan alone has tacked on more than 1 
million new tests; New York, more than 1.7 million. [...]

George Sheridan