John Oliver's Illustrative Investigation of the Standardized Testing Plague in the U.S...

Instructions for teachers: "…If a student vomits on his or her test booklet…" and more...

John Oliver does a thorough investigation on the testing plague in the U.S.   A home run of an analysis as he describes who is paying the price, and who is making millions from this travesty.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6lyURyVz7k

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Standardized Testing (HBO)

American students face a ridiculous amount of testing. John Oliver explains how standardized tests impact school funding, the achievement gap, how often kids...

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Children Learn through Playing

Child's play is deeply formative with learning that cannot be measured or quantified.  This is true of the ways that middle and high school students learn through play also.  See my earlier post (April)
"Yes, and...Embracing the Awkward" to read further about  how play can influence different areas of learning.

This is all the more reason for states to disgard the current Common Core and its blizzard of tests, worksheets, micro-managed reading and writing and overall tedium.