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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1096404" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>[h=2]<a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2013/02/18/chicago-teachers-union-demands-end-of-standardized-testing-so-teachers-wont-be-held-accountable-for-students-not-being-able-to-read-and-write/" target="_blank">Chicago Teachers Union Demands End Of Standardized Testing So Teachers Won’t Be Held Accountable For Students Not Being Able To Read And Write…</a>[/h]<img src="http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/ctu-550x384.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I’ll keep saying it until I’m blue in the face, unions are a cancer.</p><p></p><p>Via <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/18/chicago-teachers-union-demands-end-of-standardized-testing/" target="_blank">Daily Caller</a>:</p><p></p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">The Chicago Teachers Union urged school administrators nationwide to discontinue the use of standardized tests, deriding them as corporate tools.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The CTU recently released a <a href="http://www.ctunet.com/quest-center/research/position-papers/text/CTU_Testing_Position_Brief_web-1.pdf" target="_blank">report</a> arguing that standardized tests are a faulty measure of student achievement. They also advance a pro-corporate agenda, the report said.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">“Corporate interests continue to push towards a test‐centered public education system that is clearly harmful to students,” according to the report.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The union’s anti-testing push is part of a broader campaign by teachers unions nationwide. Teachers at one Seattle high school recently went on strike, refusing to administer a test that they feared would be used to hold them accountable.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1096404, member: 1246"] [h=2][URL="http://weaselzippers.us/2013/02/18/chicago-teachers-union-demands-end-of-standardized-testing-so-teachers-wont-be-held-accountable-for-students-not-being-able-to-read-and-write/"]Chicago Teachers Union Demands End Of Standardized Testing So Teachers Won’t Be Held Accountable For Students Not Being Able To Read And Write…[/URL][/h][IMG]http://weaselzippers.us/wp-content/uploads/ctu-550x384.jpg[/IMG]I’ll keep saying it until I’m blue in the face, unions are a cancer. Via [URL="http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/18/chicago-teachers-union-demands-end-of-standardized-testing/"]Daily Caller[/URL]: [INDENT]The Chicago Teachers Union urged school administrators nationwide to discontinue the use of standardized tests, deriding them as corporate tools. The CTU recently released a [URL="http://www.ctunet.com/quest-center/research/position-papers/text/CTU_Testing_Position_Brief_web-1.pdf"]report[/URL] arguing that standardized tests are a faulty measure of student achievement. They also advance a pro-corporate agenda, the report said. “Corporate interests continue to push towards a test‐centered public education system that is clearly harmful to students,” according to the report. The union’s anti-testing push is part of a broader campaign by teachers unions nationwide. Teachers at one Seattle high school recently went on strike, refusing to administer a test that they feared would be used to hold them accountable. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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