KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A teacher recently raised concerns about testing with school board members, her concern focuses on kindergartners and the impact of too much testing. At Wednesday’s Knox ...
If all goes according to plan, public school testing will drum out any vestiges of creativity by the start of first grade. Credit: Erin Althea It was the fourth week of school—day 21, to be exact—when ...
A new pilot program testing Brooklyn’s youngest students in reading and math has renewed complaints that standardized testing is too prominent in public education. “The research shows that ...
Maryland Del. Haven Shoemaker, R-District 5, has proposed a bill that would place a moratorium on implementing standardized state testing in pre-kindergarten. Such testing is reportedly only in the ...
Nearly half the schools that offer kindergarten in Washington participated in the assessment study in some way. Almost all of them reported they test kids going into kindergarten by taking a look at ...