Legislators have no business deciding what tests are appropriate to determine progress or areas of weakness of a child. Educators are trained for that and are much, much more in tune with children’s needs.
I think it’s time to test the legislators to see if they are qualified to run public education AND if they are competent to govern the citizens of Indiana.
Please feel free to email elected representatives in the Indiana legislature if you agree that testing has become the monster that ate education. Does it make sense for children in third and fourth grade to sit for 19-20 hours of testing?
Required testing time:
SAT-3 hours 45 minutes
ACT-3 hours 30 minutes
Indiana BAR-13 hours
ISTEP- 3rd grade:18 hours
4th grade:20 hours 10 minutes
5th grade:19 hours 42 minutes
6th grade:19 hours 55 minutes
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