I honestly never looked into the no child left behind act. I always heard about it and assumed it was good for our students and thought that the name of the act said it all. Now that i read Meire’s points i can see how teachers become frustrated as they are basically teaching students to pass a standardized test instead of teaching valuable subject matter. As a student it is even worse because you study the material just to pass the class and you forget the material instead of learning the material to gain and use this valuable knowledge. The fingers seem to always point to the teachers but dealing with these standardized tests teachers are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
This idea of retaining students a grade based on standardized scores is horrible. It wasnt in there best interest but because it was for pressure for schools to show improved test results. This has gone too far.
Is there any way teachers will have the power to teach what they prefer to teach with the existence of these standardized tests ?
Is there really an alternative to standardized tests ? If so would it be more effective
