Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f513WVf28647; Thu, 31 May 2001 23:32:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 23:32:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <46.1598ae34.2848665b@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: BRmidwest@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:82] Bush and Paige on standardized testing (and federal funds) X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 139 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 836 Lines: 18 <<Education Secretary Rod Paige recently wrote in the Washington Post that, "anyone who opposes annual testing of children is an apologist for a broken system of education." >> >From a May 31 Reuters story. The lead from the same story: <<WASHINGTON (May 31) - President George W. Bush's education plan moving through Congress, which mandates annual testing of students between the ages of 10 and 15, is beginning to stir a backlash among parents and educators. Bush's bill, touted as the most far-reaching reform in U.S. education in a generation, would require states to test every student in English and mathematics every year between grades 3 and 10 and link federal school funding to the results. >> The story then focuses on a growing backlash from many parents and educators against frequent standardized testing.
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