School Tests

I just want people to know how the testing craze has affected education at the high school where I teach. Last week, all students who hadn’t passed the new exit exam (most of the kids) spent three entire days testing. This week all ESL students are taking the SABE test. For the next two weeks, all students will be taking the Stanford 9, then the ESL kids take the APRENDA test for another week.

That’s three weeks of class missed or severely limited due to testing for the regular students, and five weeks for the ESL students. And this is helping them learn more how?

Todd Engle

Los Angeles