A rare break from testing madness - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

A rare break from testing madness - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post: "Once we realized the havoc that testing madness would wreak on local education, parents, teachers and students worked together to fight the change. We petitioned, protested, wrote letters, made Facebook posts and spoke at school board meetings.

We emphasized the drawbacks of teaching to the test. We pointed out how much time and money testing diverted from instruction (this was a particular problem in elementary schools, where K-2 students had to be tested one-on-one, a process that required staff members to spend between one and two hours per student administering tests). We noted that neither expanded testing nor pay for performance had any track record of improving student achievement."

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