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JohnH

On Fri, 01 Sep 2006 11:24:59 -0400, wrote:

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

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.
The problem with that reasoning is the whole education establishment
is so vertically integrated that it is virtually the same group of
people from the state board of education right down to the students in
a teacher's college. It is a culture that has very little contact with
anyone outside the education community.

Amen. A lot of people don't realize that. This year there are three new
subschool principals in my school. One was the Information Technology guy,
one was an assistant principal at another school, and the third was the
head of the guidance department. Eventually they'll get their endorsement
and license, but they have several years to do so.
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