Munson79

I am a teacher and the system is so screwed up. For instance, if a school's entire SYSTEM (we have over 40 schools) misses reaching one demographic, the entire system is considered to be non-compliant. We are forced to give one multiple choice test after another, plus "benchmark" exams, and we wonder why we're so far behind the rest of the world in higher-order thinking skills. How many times have we been faced with multiple choice tests in the real world? NCLB is a good idea but is implemented in the wrong way. Tests don't equal learning.

I am a teacher and the system is so screwed up. For instance, if a school's entire SYSTEM (we have over 40 schools) misses reaching one demographic, the entire system is considered to be non-compliant. We are forced to give one multiple choice test after another, plus "benchmark" exams, and we wonder why we're so far behind the rest of the world in higher-order thinking skills. How many times have we been faced with multiple choice tests in the real world? NCLB is a good idea but is implemented in the wrong way. Tests don't equal learning.