And what you know, Mr. Bush, is this: you've ordered this testing to hunt down, identify and target for destruction the hopes of millions of children you find too expensive, too heavy a burden, to educate.
Here's how No Child Left Behind and your tests work in the classrooms of Houston and Chicago. Millions of 8 year olds are given lists of words and phrases. They try to read. Then they are graded, like USDA beef: some prime, some OK, many failed....
From the Nation:
http://www.thenation.com/capitalgames/index.mhtml?bid=3&pid=1198
From the Independent & Information Clearing House:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5556.htm
Note: No Child's Behind Left
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Dave Ruston