Testing for thee, but not for me

04-28-2011

Blog by Kevin Drum/Mother Jones

Via Matt Yglesias, here is Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's latest brainstorm: [“] Walker is proposing expanding the voucher program that currently is only available to low-income students in Milwaukee. He wants to expand the program to all of Milwaukee County and phase out the low-income qualifying ceiling. He also wants to do away with a requirement that voucher students take the same statewide achievement tests as students in public schools.[”] Why does Walker want to do away with the requirement that students in tax-supported voucher schools take the same tests as students in tax-supported public schools? That's easily explained. This is from four weeks ago: [“] Students in Milwaukee's school choice program performed worse than or about the same as students in Milwaukee Public Schools in math and reading on the latest statewide test, according to results released Tuesday that provided the first apples-to-apples achievement comparison between public and individual voucher schools. [”] (more...)

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