Hell yes they can! In fact, this recent editorial by the Post, Fairfax school board should appeal ruling on admissions at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, denouncing the pernicious notion that schools for high-performing students should actually be for, you know, high performing students, outwoked the Times famous/infamous “1619 Project”, for, while…
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Noam Chomsky explains it all for you—why standardized testing is bad
The Progressive Magazine has posted this interview with Noam Chomsky, in which the founder of modern linguistics explains why standardized testing in k-12 education is bad. According to Chomsky “tests that determine what’s going to happen to students and what’s going to happen to teachers is guaranteed to destroy any meaningful educational process.” Tests give…