Testing Season

I recently heard a new term in the jargon of public schools: “Testing Season.” It’s a time to anxiously “teach to the test;” to eliminate any activity that doesn’t directly prepare children for “the test;” to forget what is known about good teaching and learning and simply get kids ready to take "the test."

What a waste of precious time jumping through hoops created by policymakers who reduce children to products necessary for so-called economic competition. A lost opportunity for children to learn and teachers to teach...When will educators, parents, and students rise up and say "No more! To hell with your testing season!"