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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (370025)2/5/2008 5:52:09 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1572359
 
>Sure, it makes them spend a lot of time teaching reading, writing and arithmatic. And teaching to the test.

It makes students actually learn less. And we're not just talking "sculpture and middle eastern basket weaving" (which are not bad things), but social studies, science, and critical thinking.

The tests have also become insidious excuses to shut down public schools (it's about to happen in my city).

-Z