Arne says parents to blame for test stress. Threatens fed intervention if Opt Outs continue.

[Dream Girl]

53. Yes teachers - Sorry for the typo, was on my ipad.

While tests may not be an absolute measure of performance, do they not provide a benchmark to assess progress? there has to be some objective accountability. Of course my point of view is colored by my own experience, I attended public schools in which teachers were not at all accountable. I get so angry when I think back to how little effort they put into teaching us. Many would just spend the entire period off in the teachers lounge or something...they would just leave us to fend for ourselves. This went on in middle school and high school. It was just shameful. Of course we were just a bunch of poor, black kids. Kids who were judged incapable of learning, because our parents lacked money, education and power. I would never trust public schools with my kid. He's been in private schools since kindergarten where at least teachers don't feel they deserve a paycheck for just showing up. Yes, I am quite embittered by my experience. We wanted to learn, but were so badly shortchanged because no one was watching. Flame away!