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[quote=Anonymous][quote]And if you are talking about many of the things mentioned in that article, like sacrificing art and play, sorry, I can't accept any of that because again those are red herrings as the standards do not demand that those things be sacrificed. 
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You're right.  It's the tests that have caused those things to be sacrificed.  It's the fact that someone on high is collecting data and using it to either punish or reward (close schools, give or take away money, etc.).  The tests have to go, but Duncan loves them for some reason.  He had the brilliant idea of "Race to the Top" and who knows what else he is thinking.  Nobody believes it when people say, "Oh, that's over".  Especially when you've got guys like Governor Cuomo in New York who are all in for using the tests for purposes they were not designed for.  And Jeb Bush loves that stuff too.  They are not red herrings. That stuff actually happened and the threat of it continuing to happen is all too real.  You can't accept it, but you're not those people.  You are not in charge of how this stuff gets used. The threats were not fake.  They are not fake. [/quote]

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