re: #40 Zamb

That was my thought on the whole issue, that this is just finding bad examples in the education system to make attacks on education as a liberal plot, or make biblical teachings just as valuable as basic science. I just was thrown off by the basic claims against excessive testing in order to determine funding levels. The problem I was having was the insane examples my friend was using to make broad claims on a program, I hate policy by anecdote, anyone can find problems in any system and to turn that into an indictment against a worthy goal. My friend in this case is kind of a dudebro and sees conspiracies in everything.

Well, the CC on its own would be a big step in the right direction for public education, but the testing companies and corporate “saviors” of education have helped tied CC Standards (CCS) to test results, to continue public education’s current test-centric mania. I don’t know about funding levels, but I remember Kentucky tying funding to NCLB test results several years back.