Standardized Testing Causing Other Students in School to Not Have Classes [View all]
At my kids' public high school, they often have not had academic classes while students in other grades were taking state-mandated standardized tests.
At times, they were told to come to school late, or watched movies instead of having class. The goal was to be very quiet and not have movement in the hallways so it did not distract students taking the almightly test. The school district also says they need most of the classrooms for the test-takers, and need most of the teachers as proctors.
This school district is also stretching out the standardized tests to as many days as possible so that the students do not get tired while they are taking the test. Therefore, it affects weeks of school days.
I thought it was only a problem at my local school district, but my friend says the same thing happens in his school district. How widespread is this situation?
Isn't this the ultimate hypocrisy - that we cannot teach most of our students, because other students are being measured on how well they were taught?
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