Want your kids to opt out of standardized tests? by Anya Kamenetz
The Washington Post
January 9, 2015
...the last straw came in February 2013, during her son’s fourth-grade year, when he brought home a notice that he’d been “selected” for something called “Sunrise Academy.” Based on their scores on the NWEA, a benchmark test, some fourth-graders — gifted as well as struggling kids — were asked to come in at 7:30 a.m. two mornings a week to prep for the state exam...
She was told the test would measure the school’s performance, not her son’s.
This article highlights a portion of the author's new
book: "The Test: Why Our Schools are Obsessed With Standardized Testing - but You Don't Have to Be"
