Flutterby™! : Standardized Tests

Slate: I Opted My Kids Out of Standardized Tests, Then I learned a thing or two.

Except: What started as a personal, family decision carries so much more weight for me now, and it’s frustrating to know that our actions aren’t making a bit of difference, beyond our household. As a school administrator friend wrote to me, “I applaud parents who opt out and I really wish more would. However, to make a true impact on the system, thousands of parents (especially of high-achieving students) would have to opt out.”

Either we start kicking the elected representatives who are putting the industry of standardized testing above the long-term good of the economic system, or we support parents who take more direct action by pulling their kids out of this charade, but either way we need to toss the education profiteers out of the money train.