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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Do you think that the curriculum is irrelevant? Do you think that it doesn't matter what the curriculum is, because some kids will learn what they need to and other kids won't, regardless of the curriculum?[/quote]

Will some kids learn what they need to learn "without a curriculum"?  Sure.  Many humans "learn what they need to".   However, some kids won't "learn what they need to" even with a curriculum.  And some kids will learn exactly what is in the curriculum.  Some kids will meet a given standard and some won't (within a classroom and they have the very same teacher).  If the powers that be want to use the standardized tests to get rid of teachers, they will have to explain why some kids pass the standards with a teacher and why others with the very same teacher don't.  Just wait for the lawsuit on this one when they try to fire the first teacher based on these test scores.  Will they then say, "oh, but that other kid comes from a higher SES and you have to focus on the lower SES so that you are a good teacher"?  [/quote]

Since nobody who is proposing to include a testing component in teacher performance evaluations is proposing to using it like that, I think that we don't need to worry about this.

Getting back to the question -- do you think that the curriculum is irrelevant?[/quote]

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