State tests put image ahead of performance
Do you think congress should re-authorize No Child Left Behind? Do you think Kathy Cox is watering down the Georgia system to fool parents?
USATODAY-WASHINGTON — Almost every fourth-grader in Mississippi knows how to read. In Massachusetts, only half do.
So what’s Mississippi doing that Massachusetts, the state with the most college graduates, isn’t? Setting expectations too low, critics say.
The 2002 federal No Child Left Behind law was designed to raise education standards across the country by punishing schools that fail to make all kids proficient in math and reading.
But the law allows each state to chart its own course in meeting those objectives.
The result, according to a Gannett News Service analysis of test scores, is that many states have taken the safe route, keeping standards low and fooling parents into believing their kids are prepared for college and work.
When Stalin took over Russia it was more about “compliance” than “performance”.
John keep up the good work. Your writing is terrific, and like a bloodhound, you get your man.
John:
It just occurred to me, the irony of your not getting elected.
Maybe you are affecting politics more as “Control Congress” than if you had been elected. Cheers..