As an antidote to all the PR feel-good nonsense put out by DOE, listen to the wise words of Diane Ravitch on WNYC radio today.Diane said our kids are being turned into “test-taking puppets….At the end of the day, you really have to ask is that what education is all about?”
And: “We’re not getting honest answers from
Lots more great points from Diane -- about how the public's voice has been completely shut out of this administration.
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By the way, it wasn't just the easier test that inflated the scores that year. As I remember, they had ended third grade social promotion the year before, so they eliminated the lower achieving kids from the pool.
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