Well educational testing is big business. You'd be surprised how test
publishers control our schools. Scary that some egghead college professors sit
aroound determining what ours kids will be taught. A friend of mine here in Austin
makes millions publishing competency tests. A lot of power there.

Bobby
judy is adamant about being against this act.
like i said there has got to be a better way.

--- Trisha Cummings <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Ken,
>
>    I just did a paper on testing and education and I
> was disgusted by =
> how education is being degraded in an effort to make
> the scores to keep =
> the Feds $'s. Did you know one special population
> child not passing the =
> test can mean the whole school fails?  Then they
> blame the =
> teachers.........=20
>
>                                           Trisha
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 7:42 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [DGV] Halting Progress for the Disabled
> (fwd)
>
>
> i am afraid it is too late to not get you started.
> by
> the way "no child left behind" was mainly written by
> Ted Kennedy (and bought off on by bush)and
> definately
> something i was against. i am not against education
> at
> all, but, this bill was not the way to go.
>
> --- [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > Oh, don't even get me started.  I live in a double
> > Bush state.  Talk about a
> > bunch of unfunded mandates.  Schools are so bogged
> > down with the minimally
> > funded No Child Left Behind act, that special
> > education has become even more
> > of a fight for the children I work with.
> >
> >
> > Beth, Kat, Cindy and Gary,
> >
> >
> >     Bush has been a disaster for social service
> > programs. The deficit, the
> > war and many other "urgent programs" are siphoning
> > billions away from human
> > social programs. The only reason he funded "No
> Child
> > Left Behind" is to have
> > something Laura could work toward.It's all about
> > oil. There is no coincidence oil
> > is $50 a barrel! All the $ desiignated for the
> > disabled and others is now
> > funneled to the war on terror, which we are losing
> > in an absurd, stupid and
> > expensive way.
> >
> > Bobby
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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