Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Standardized Testing

YT: merican students face a ridiculous amount of testing. John Oliver explains how standardized tests impact school funding, the achievement gap, how often kids are expected to throw up.
newtboysays...

Look! Look at the monkey! Look!

Did anyone else notice that so many are up in arms about the ridiculous idea of a "talking pineapple", but no one even seemed to notice the talking animals?

bobknight33says...

These tests have been very corrosive for my son ( 4th grade). He has broken down time and time again , thrown-up and and all manner of anxiety for the EOG ( End of grade tests). Most of this is from math, which there is not even a book that they use. This even sickens me.

All based on common core -- my state, NC is close of abolishing it and hope it does.

My daughter is less effected by these but the EOG also gets to her.

Jeb Bush is all in for Common Core and for this I would never volt for this man.

( I would not vote for him for any other reason also.. Don't need another Bush/ or Clinton in the WH)

Babymechsays...

I really hope that policy makers listen to viewpoints like this, from volters who have strong viewpoints about testing.

bobknight33said:

These tests have been very corrosive for my son ( 4th grade). He has broken down time and time again , thrown-up and and all manner of anxiety for the EOG ( End of grade tests). Most of this is from math, which there is not even a book that they use. This even sickens me.

All based on common core -- my state, NC is close of abolishing it and hope it does.

My daughter is less effected by these but the EOG also gets to her.

Jeb Bush is all in for Common Core and for this I would never volt for this man.

( I would not vote for him for any other reason also.. Don't need another Bush/ or Clinton in the WH)

RedSkysays...

@bobknight33

It's a test, which presumably they have been prepared for. I can't understand how a test could be so stressful unless:

1 - They are badly prepared.

2 - Teachers put overt pressure on them to perform because they know that their asses are on the line.

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