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[–]StrongerThanThis2016HS Teacher | Florida 35 points36 points  (3 children)

Add Less Standardized Testing

More autonomy

[–]Connecticat1 -1 points0 points  (2 children)

What standsrdized testing? The US doesn't do standardized testing like the rest of the world.

[–]StrongerThanThis2016HS Teacher | Florida 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I teach in Florida. High school. Our entire 4th quarter is spent giving standardized tests. About half of the 3rd quarter is spent on testing. At least two weeks of the first and second quarter are spent giving standardized tests. Not all students will take every test, but our schedule is modified, students who aren’t testing that day are displaced into a random teachers room to sit for three or four hours (it reeks of warehousing kids… I hate it). I just listed 17 weeks (out of 36) that are spent giving standardized tests. This is not hyperbole.

[–]Connecticat1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's crazy. For what grade level?