One of the main stressors of teaching is the sheer amount of testing. Students are tested as frequently as twice per month and an average of once per month.
While testing has been around for decades, its increased involvement returned in 2002. As a result of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), teachers are “teaching to test.” These tests were designed to standardize the process and track progress. Schools must make accommodations for children failing to make progress.
There was a slight change to the law under the Obama administration. Passed in December 2015, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) gives greater control to states. However, children are still consistently tested through grades three to eight for literacy and math. According to Harvard professor Daniel Koretz, ESSA does little to relieve the pressure of testing.
Please help put parents in charge of their child’s education by forwarding this article to other parents, family, friends and voters.
The Teacher Shortage Is Real and about to Get Much Worse. Here's Why
- by: Paul Boyce
- 2023-09-07
- Source:
FEE Stories
- 09/07/2023
Ponder by Jeremy Perkins is licensed under Unsplash unsplash.com
Other Articles
Opinion: The achievement gap in Southern California’s education system
This inaccessibility due to expenses is one example of the achievement gap. In schools, the achievement gap is a difference in academic performance between groups of students. It arises at a young age, when students are born into a particular social class, race, disability, or gender.
Read More
Read More
Modesto City Schools teachers will get a salary bump. Here’s how much and how it happened
Since last year, the union and district have been negotiating the 2023-2024 school year contracts.
Read More
Read More
California public school enrollment continues decline, still reeling from pandemic plunge
Enrollment at California public schools has continued to decline this academic year, without any recovery from the steep drops seen during the pandemic — although the pace of the decrease has slowed.
Read More
Read More
California passes education bills to reduce school discipline, hire back retirees
The California legislature passed a series of state Department of Education-supported bills, including one aimed at reducing discipline options for students who engage in “willful defiance” against teachers.
Read More
Read More
Teachers Have Too Many Extra Responsibilities to Be Effective. Some Ways to Help
Easing the pressure, raising pay and tending to teachers' mental health can bring joy back to the classroom — and the career path.
Read More
Read More
Heat rules for California workers would also help keep schoolchildren cool
Proposed state standards to protect indoor workers from extreme heat would extend to schools. The rules come as climate change is bringing more frequent and intense heat waves, causing schools nationwide to cancel instruction.
Read More
Read More
San Diego Unified votes unanimously in favor of major layoffs
The district employs 13,559 people, including nearly 6,000 teachers in campus classrooms.
Read More
Read More
School year already underway at some California districts as start dates keep creeping earlier
California school districts have moved away from the September return to school that was common in California and other states until the 1990s.
Read More
Read More
