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bilkay · Joined: 16 May 2008 Posts: 2323 Location: Hopewell Junction

NYC Schools Eye Math Tests for Kindergartners

NEW YORK — The city is asking public school principals to consider giving math tests to kindergartners, a proposal that comes amid debate over the growing use of standardized tests nationwide.

The experiment could involve tests as long as 90 minutes and change reading assessments for kindergartners through second-graders in the nation's biggest school system, where Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration has embraced testing. The approach dismays some parents and educators who see it as mechanizing education. (more . . .)
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Lenin_N_Things · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:48 pm Post subject:

Teachers hate standardized testing because they know a big chunk of their union membership would be fired.
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bilkay · Joined: 16 May 2008 Posts: 2323 Location: Hopewell Junction

If they start teaching the "3 Rs" in kindergarten, people might start graduating college with an 8th grade education.
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