Testing

It's testing season.

Kids are miserable; teachers are stressed.

How did we get here????

When the reports came out in the mid 80s that students were graduating from high school without the ability to read, the you-know-what hit the fan.  And it should have.  What a waste of taxpayer money to allow students to miss such an important part of schooling.  Change needed to be made.

The answer?  Tests.

As usual, this country has gone too far.  We test all the time and have ensured that our students reach mediocrity.  How pathetic.

It's time for change.  It's time to stop incessant testing.  It's time to start teaching and allowing kids to learn not perform on tests.