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Originally posted by Spanky
Right now the battle lines are drawn over tests. Not the type of test or how they administered. Just simply if we should have standardized tests at all. In California, many of those tests we took as kids have been removed. In California the California Teachers Association (and consequently the Democrat Party) are against any standardized testing. They are also against the firing of teachers unless they pretty much assault a student, they are for social promotion and against merit pay.
The only thing I agree with them is smaller class size.
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I'd happily give conservatives all the tests they wanted if they'd commit to funding smaller class sizes. But you can't count on them to back up funding commitments they've made, as seen from the NCLB funding.
You may want to double check the positions on standardized testing. They've been around for ever, and few have challenged giving a day or two every two to three years for a battery of tests (though, what can I say, California's always different). It's what you tie to the tests that usually gets challenged.
