Mr. Holt over at holtthink.tumblr.com sent this link of a video that does a fine job of pointing out some of the issues with standardized tests the way we are implementing them. Our school districts unfortunately have little choice in the matter at this point.
I hope that you take three minutes to watch it.
Youngsters across the city have been taking the state mandated tests this week. As the song in the video points out it has gotten to the point that teachers have to teach to the test and only the test. Knowledge outside of what is tested is now deemed unimportant the way we are handling the test results.
He points out that there are organizations that are trying to change the situation. This group is particularly vocal about the issue http://www.fairtest.org/get-involved/opting-out.
We deserve better
Brutus
elpasospeak 
If you dig a little more deeply into his site, you will also see that there are two links to Dallas Morning News Articles about how the “Texas Testing Bubble Popped” which gives a nice look at the state tests and how the parents are starting to say that they have had enough.
http://holtthink.tumblr.com/post/81386459819/how-the-texas-testing-bubble-popped-part-1
http://holtthink.tumblr.com/post/81386383045/how-the-texas-testing-bubble-popped-part-2
Seems we don’t hear a lot about that in the El Paso Media.
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