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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This standardized test is how schools are ranked. If too many kids blow the test off and don't take it...the school doesn't make AYP and your property values suffer. [/quote] Sheep.[/quote] How so? If a kid doesn't take the test, they're automatically scored at a basic level. Too many basics=not making AYP. The following year, the school starts to focus more on test prep and 'stressing' to parents that their child should eat a good breakfast and come to school on time on testing days. Next thing you know, a thread here pops up about how parents at XYZ school are dissatisfied, their kid isn't challenged....lather, rinse, repeat. I hate the heavy dependence on standardized testing too...but I know in order for my kid's school to stay away from the drill and kill curriculum...I better have him there on test days, just like other parents. [/quote]
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