Re: More from Discovery-Times "Making the Grade" Special

["dancinglight" <dancinglight@sbcglobal.net>]

I saw part of it last night; it either started at 8pm here or was replayed
then.  The portion that I saw dealt with the problems with test accuracy and
unfunded mandates.  They showed all of the test prep/frenzy, but didn't
really portray it as a negative thing.  I was wondering if they were going
to get to the underlying problems with the idea that testing is a valid way
to teach or to improve schools, or if they would address the effects of
high-stakes tests.  Then, I'm sorry to say, I fell asleep.  I missed the
whole rest of the show.  A typical ending to the first day of school.

Kelley

"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"-G. W. Bush,
Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000


> I was able to catch the latter part of the program last evening.  The
little
> I did see seemed accurate and objective relative to the entire process of
> large-scale standardized assessments and the role that they currently play
> in education.