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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ EXACTLY.  Testing isn't the problem, and nor are the standards.  It's what school districts do with the test results, and how they remediate the problems that is the issue.[/quote]

You get the test results 6 months later and a child gets a 1, 2, 3, 4. No details on where a child needs specific help. The tests are garbage. In many grades you won't even have the same teachers. ... How will the tests advance any child.
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The are who developed the tests, so if you have a problem with usability of test results, blame them.  But even so, there's a lot that can be learned from the test results - for example, if most of the kids within specific demographics (SN, ESL, et cetera) don't do well, that means one thing, whereas if a majority of kids in one class don't do well but a majority of kids in a different class do, that means something else.

And no, you won't have the same teachers but you will at least have a minimum standard set of elements that you know they should be getting taught, which minimizes the apples-to-oranges factor that you would otherwise have.[/quote]

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