Testing is a vital part of education, but it’s not teaching. Yet, with the addition of more than two dozen standardized tests this academic year, the number of tests administered to students in grades four through 12 is approaching 200 across our state. This number raises some obvious questions. How many tests are too many? Are we in danger of turning our teachers into proctors? How do we hold standards high and measure the right things in the right way at the right time? Superintendents of several of the state’s largest public school districts expressed these and other concerns to Gov. Pat McCrory during a recent meeting. A letter from 42 middle school teachers...
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