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I have been looking at what the best countries do in the world in the areas of math, reading and science literacy. Finland is at the top of any list when it comes to literacy in all areas. The one thing that struck me more than anything else was the lack of annual testing and measures that is so characteristic of our country. Years ago United States was at the top of the heap when literacy rates were spoken of. Then with the introduction of annual testing and other measures of success we started to drop. Now depending on what list you look at we are either 11th or 15th depending on the day of the week. NCLB practices are in direct opposition to the practices of the best school systems in the world. I spend two weeks at the beginning of the year with benchmark tests and two weeks at the end of the year with benchmark tests again. We can't teach because we are constantly measuring progress. We teach to a narrowly defined measure of what intelligence is. We don't realize that not everyone...See More
Jo On 4/10/11, ja wrote: > I have been looking at what the best countries do in the > world in the areas of math, reading and science literacy. > Finland is at the top of any list when it comes to literacy > in all areas. The one thing that struck me more than > anything else was the lack of annual testing and measures > that is so c...See More
Apr 10, 2011


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