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I didn't read what he proposed (working...some :) ) but it's different than what NCLB and we do now

Posted by The Calico Cat Coalition (aka seandunham) Mar 10 '09, 13:31

The TAKS Test here is given every other year or so, and isn't about what the kids are currently learning, just general skills, so it not only doesn't fairly judge the current teacher, it makes him/her waste time reviewing the stuff they should have learned instead of going on to new material

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Yup, they spend way too much time teaching to the test and not teaching the student. -- nm - Krusty Mar 10, 13:32 8
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  - that's just it. the tests aren't good enough. -- nm - znufrii Mar 10, 13:39 2
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      - blow-up dolls? -- nm - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 10, 13:48
  - Yes it's a problem, the tests don't cover every subject a student needs to learn. - Krusty Mar 10, 13:36 2
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      - They do but when a teacher is told that it's basically all that matters there's a problem. - Krusty Mar 10, 13:43
  - There is a lot of debate on that...plus on the way they use the tests for rankings - The Calico Cat Coalition Mar 10, 13:36

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I didn't read what he proposed (working...some :) ) but it's different than what NCLB and we do now

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