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So you can find out in sixth grade that your kid basically stopped understanding math in fourth grade? There may be value in adjusting the format of the test, but some kind of evaluation at the end of each year to make sure children are continuing to progress against a standard baseline ([b]as opposed to whatever the teacher decides is enough) is critical to holding school systems accountable and making sure children don't fall through the cracks. [/quote]
  
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Sad statement that a parent has so little faith in the teachers.  Almost seems like he/she has no faith in the system at all.  Gee, I wonder how we all learned math without all this standardized testing.

FYI, the teachers are the best judge.
 
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On the contrary. We have this in place now because during the 1990s we realized that children WERE falling through the cracks and we were falling behind in terms of education relative to other economies.

Teachers are NOT the best judge -- they have a conflict of interest. Any teacher who opposes SOLs or Common Core testing is afraid of personal accountability.[/quote]

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