Teaching to the test limits children
The No Child Left Behind Act of the Bush administration makes teachers focus on reading and math to the exclusion of science. Science test scores are NOT used to grade schools under this Act; therefore, the subject gets neglected in the classroom, especially at the elementary school level where all subjects are taught and must compete for time. Prinicipals instruct teachers to stop teaching science for the year and just concentrate on numeracy ad literacy because that's what's being tested. What a disservice to our children! A well-rounded education should be our goal. Teaching to the test has always robbed our children of a valuable education. Stop the madness. Repeal No Child Left Behind or at the very least add other criteria to make teachers cover more subjects. We wonder why we lag behind other countries in science fields?
posted by Susan's blog at
4:27 AM
1 Comments:
Teachers at OUR schools teach science as before. While it is true that the testing does not include science it is not excluded from the classroom as you offer. I would doubt that there is much proof or analysis to support your thesis. As a school board member I can assure you that such is not the case in our district. Our offerings are well rounded and offer all the science that has always been offered.
Terry McCloskey, School Board Member, Three Lakes School District
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