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5th grader’s essay: High-stakes tests lead to stress, not learning
- 07-13-2011
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Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post
One voice given short shrift in the loud (and unfortunately increasingly shrill) education debate is that of kids. You know, the people who actually have to take all the standardized tests that are (again, unfortunately) at the center of modern school reform. With the blogosphere screaming with claims by adults that standardized test-based reform is improving student achievement, here is the work of a child who tells a different story. It’s important to listen. This was written by Julia Skinner-Grant, 11, a fifth grader at Chevy Chase Elementary School in Montgomery Couny. Julia, a special education student in the highly gifted center, wrote this persuasive essay for a school assignment. She’s far more persuasive than a lot of adults on the subject. (more...)
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