03-10-2016, 10:00 PM
(03-10-2016, 09:39 PM)6andcounting Wrote: Creating the same standard for everyone definitely pulls kids below the standard up and definitely doesn't just hold kids far above the standard stagnant.
I don't buy this argument.
I agree that some teachers are too obsessed with the testing (I have to kids in public school). But standards are absolutely necessary, and they do nothing to hold back the best students.