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I don't know a single educator who actually likes the test. It's yet another one of those thing created by legislators, not educators, that makes a buck for a company (in this case Pearson) and give folks in government a nice little number to look at, rather than actually looking at what students know.
There are so many things that teachers could do better with their time, but after Christmas break, it's all TAKS. Having a single test measure the 'worth' of a student is no way to teach kids. I know of third graders who have had anxiety attacks because of this test and the pressure teachers put on them to do well. The whole accountability system is screwed and the test is a big part of that.
By the way, the person responsible for making TAKS (and it's predecessor TAAS) such big business and a big part of the Texas educational system? One letter: W.
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