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[quote=Anonymous][quote]The problem with testing is that a lot of these tests are not properly designed. They do not necessarily test what they are supposed to test. It takes years to develop a decent standardized test.[/quote]

This is it exactly, people act like you are rolling out a test for a class of 20 instead of millions of students (1.1 million in NY City schools) in differing grade levels.

Don't you think the students in New York deserve better than to lose days of school to needless testing, be subjected to extreme stress, and reassigned to remedial studies based on improperly vetted tests?  Millions of dollars are spent by school systems for these tests that, in this case caused a great deal of harm.  I need to get in on this gig, charge [b]32 Million[/b] dollars for testing whether kids understand a  curriculum that does not even exist then continue raking in the money.  Better yet, you can use the students to test your product, and still charge a fortune.

The only thing that will change when Pearson rolls that trash down the coast will be the cover of the test booklet.

There are a whole lot better things that our local school systems could do with that large amount of money.  
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