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Originally posted by RallyJon
Have any of the people who criticize the no child left behind tests actually seen one?
If you can't pass those ridiculously easy tests, you don't even belong in school, in society, in this country! Can't we even have some basic, bottom of the barrel, lowest common denominator standards anymore?
No, no, every child is special, can't hurt their self-esteem by holding them back and teaching them the basics, now can we?
I fear for the future.
Amazing that schools and teachers are so unified against learning and achievement.
If I was a teacher, I'd be embarrassed that any student could get through my classroom while remaining so uneducated.
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I don't think many people complain about the NCLB are saying the tests are too hard. Certainly the above article made no claims. The various complaints range that it's too expensive to administer, testing takes up time that could be used for instruction, it teaches to the lowest common denominator, it puts more onus on the instructors to navigate red tape.
I don't think anyone thinks that the knowledge that needs to be learned is too much. The NCLB is just too inflexible, and goes about trying to enforce the standards the wrong way.