Failure by the numbers
My son has just completed his first round of the Colorado
Student Assessment Program tests, Colorado's answer to No Child Left Behind. I
had to laugh (not without bitterness) when I read this recent comment by
President Obama: "One thing I never want to see happen is schools that are just
teaching to the test." My son's school has spent agonized months in preparation
for this standardized test. They are not just "teaching to the test." As far as