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Tests over teachers in California
- 04-25-2011
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Blog by Anthony Cody/Education Week
My recent dialogue with the Department of Education after President Obama acknowledged that we have gone overboard with standardized tests revealed that, in fact, there are plans to actually expand the number of mandated tests. Though we have heard a great deal about the $350 million the Dept of Ed is investing in the development of new tests, we have heard nothing about what these new tests will cost to administer, score or prepare for. As our collapsing state budgets result in increased class sizes, shuttered school libraries and the elimination of frills like music and foreign language classes, we must examine every education dollar critically. With these expenditures, our policymakers are choosing tests over teachers. I recently asked some colleagues about how much we are currently spending on testing in California. I got this response from Joe Lucido, a teacher in Fresno, who shared the following. (more...)
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