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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (219753)	2/18/2005 5:21:23 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573457

>If testing is not part of education, then why do we test students? I don't think anyone's arguing here that teachers should not be tested... but they also should be paid more, and that's never going to happen. -Z

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (219753)	2/18/2005 5:23:10 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573457

...MAny teachers can be offended by the desire to test them. ..." I don't think any teacher would have a problem passing the kind of test that you suggest above. Yet many resist the effort. When tested some fail. Ted I am on a school board in a small school district. Every teacher we have is excellent. Some are more excellent than others. I don't think that our teachers are the problem. Yet, if they were tested, it would probably highlight some areas which could be improved. If testing is not part of education, then why do we test students? I am surprised that any teacher would refuse to be tested. It runs in the face of everything I have learned and experienced about the teaching profession first hand. If its true and its also true that 60% of MASS teachers failed a simple test, then we have big problems. However, I would have to hear more from the other side before coming to that conclusion. ted