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Skunks · 07-22-2005, 04:51 PM

I would counter that test scores are not indicative of any actual improvement on the part of children, except at taking tests; or, at least, that there is little connection between their scores and their long-term success in fields other than test-taking.

But I suppose that's basically the problem with NCLB. That, and the extra requirements (funding not included). (I think?)

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I ran across <a href="http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/tma68/7lesson.htm">an excerpt</a> from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0865714487/102-3919712-6517746">a book by John Gatto, <i>Dumbing Us Down</i></a>, a while back. I've been dying to read it ever since: this country's shitty excuse for public education strikes me as a particularly important topic, in spite of (in fact, maybe even because of) how often it is overshadowed by bombs, turbans, guns, and dying children.

07-22-2005, 04:51 PM	#2
Skunks I thought I changed this. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: western nowhere, ny Posts: 412	I would counter that test scores are not indicative of any actual improvement on the part of children, except at taking tests; or, at least, that there is little connection between their scores and their long-term success in fields other than test-taking. But I suppose that's basically the problem with NCLB. That, and the extra requirements (funding not included). (I think?) .. I ran across <a href="http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/tma68/7lesson.htm">an excerpt</a> from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0865714487/102-3919712-6517746">a book by John Gatto, <i>Dumbing Us Down</i></a>, a while back. I've been dying to read it ever since: this country's shitty excuse for public education strikes me as a particularly important topic, in spite of (in fact, maybe even because of) how often it is overshadowed by bombs, turbans, guns, and dying children.