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'Ignorant fool' Betsy DeVos slammed for ordering standardized tests move forward during pandemic
‘Ignorant fool’ Betsy DeVos slammed for ordering standardized tests move forward during pandemic
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/ignorant-fool-betsy-devos-slammed-for-ordering-standardized-tests-move-forward-during/
Published 16 hours ago on September 3, 2020
On Thursday, Politico reported that Education Secretary Betsy DeVos plans to move ahead with federal standardized testing mandates — even though the coronavirus pandemic is still raging and schools don’t have a clear plan for how to administer tests safely.
DeVos was roundly buried in anger on social media....................................
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Test publishers and textbook publishers who sell curriculum designed to pass the tests need to make money, too. How else will we know that the "government schools are failing?" Course, private schools and charter schools are, you know, exempt.
