Schools
What Happens When an Adult Takes a Standardized Test
A school board member is surprised by the results, and his view of testing is forever altered.

In the past few days Bethwood Patch has received several comments about the emphasis on test scores in the schools. While everyone agrees there needs to be some way to measure progress, is there a better way, and what would that be?
There is a recent article in a Washington Post that describes what happened when a well-educated, highly successful school board member decided to take his state’s version of the standardized math and reading tests, and the results were surprising.
Read about it and let us know what you think.
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