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[Physltest] [Phys-L] Re: California standards test in physics



"We're trapped in a political/social movement that says we must test to
be accountable. To my recollection, nobody has tested those * who so
insist to make them accountable."



Our beloved governor now proposes to test the teachers. i.e. merit
based pay.

What ignorance! I assume through out CA teachers endure a periodic
grueling evaluation as does Gate Keeper and her colleagues in the Alisal
Union School District.

If anyone is tested, it should be the parents.


* Actually they've been tested by the populace. That's an example of
why democracy, as practiced in the US, is flawed.

bc, who thinks Ike looks so good now.

p.s. Reagan used the Free Speech Movement to win office; the son of a
Nazi is using the teachers unions. (There's a metaphor here.)

p.p.s. In a previous post I said our beloved was cutting funding for CA
schools, already near the bottom of the heap; here's some detail:

http://www.csba.org/co/alerts/news_release1_6_05.htm




Spagna Jr., George wrote:

Herb asks



-----Original Message-----
From: Herbert H Gottlieb [mailto:herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM]
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 8:17 AM
To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
Subject: Re: California standards test in physics



[snip]



Are tests really necessary???
Can schools run efficiently without all those quizzes,
weekly tests, midterm tests, final tests, other tests, and exams?



I recall one of our fellow list participants signature from several
years ago:

"I teach for free. They pay me to grade."

We're trapped in a political/social movement that says we must test to
be accountable. To my recollection, nobody has tested those who so
insist to make them accountable.

********************************************
"Cosmological inquiry takes place in the
space between mathematics, theory,
experiment, simulation, observation, and
philosophic speculation. It is where
science lives."
- Daniel Herwitz
********************************************

Dr. George Spagna
Chair, Physics Department
Randolph-Macon College
P.O. Box 5005
Ashland, VA 23005-5505

phone: (804) 752-7344
fax: (804) 752-4724
e-mail: gspagna@rmc.edu
http://faculty.rmc.edu/gspagna



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