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1. The question continues to need to be asked

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Sat Mar 31, 2012, 09:28 PM

Mar 2012

"Accountability for whom?" I keep being told that the reason for standardized tests is to prove we can be accountable. Well, to whom? Parents are now on board with suspecting standardized tests are maybe not all they're cracked up to be, teachers have been there for a LONG time. So obviously we are just trying to make some pols happy. Pols who have NO CLUE as to what goes on in a classroom.

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Only 7 Percent of Teachers Believe in Standardized Tests [View all] proud2BlibKansan Mar 2012 OP

The question continues to need to be asked Lifelong Protester Mar 2012 #1

And I want to know how to report progress without relying on standardized test scores. proud2BlibKansan Mar 2012 #2