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Re: [Phys-l] WaPo : standardized tests




On 2011, Dec 06, , at 12:09, John Denker wrote:


That links to another article, which I find particularly interesting:

"Principals rebel against ‘value-added’ evaluation"
by Valerie Strauss

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/principals-rebel-against-value-added-evaluation/2011/11/03/gIQAHEHBjM_blog.html

Scores of public school principals in New York are fighting the
state’s new educator evaluation system, which ties the evaluations
and pay of teachers and principals to how well students do on
standardized tests.

IMHO some kind of revolt is long overdue.


"Concern #3: Tax Dollars Are Being Redirected from Schools to Testing Companies, Trainers and Outside Vendors"

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So what else is new -- We have a govt. that increasingly is by and for corporations.

Not incidentally, that is part of the definition of fascism.


"Similarly, fascism as an ideology is also hard to define. Originally, "fascism" referred to a political movement that was linked with Sindicalist-Corporativism that existed in a single country (Italy) for less than 30 years and ruled the country from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_fascism

"As with other political cultures, societies have existed historically which exemplified corporate statism, for instance as developed by Othmar Spann and Benito Mussolini."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_statism

bc