On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:20:09 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:07:42 -0400, JohnH wrote:

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:27:37 -0400, Gene Kearns wrote:

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:22:16 -0400, JohnH wrote:

If the students can do nothing, and they pass the tests, then the tests may
be too easy, or the 'passing' standard is too low (most likely, due to
politics and unions, the latter).

Unions make a convenient whipping boy, but to my knowledge, they have
never written a test.

There is a lot of politics in education, however. Problem is: ****ed
off parents are also voters. The message needs to be that lenient
parenting is NOT helping the kid.....
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We agree on your last point!

Unions are composed of teachers and the union hierarchy. The unionized
teachers *do* write tests.

If we're speaking classroom tests, that is true.

If we're speaking about performance tests or state standard tests or
mastery tests, no.

Many teachers move to school administration jobs. Many texts and tests are
written by former educators.
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