Mom Congress: More testing mayhem

this is absolutely ridiculous! Another very good reason to ban standardized testing altogether.

There is a major breakdown of any oversight into these institutions, and this is a perfect example. Pathetic! Throw them in with Wall Street, and then down the drain!

Let's be honest, you don't need a standardized test to tell you that your 2nd-grader can't read or do grade-level math. We need programs designed to help these kids catch up, and we need schools who are willing to hold a kid back if he/she really needs to be held back either because of maturity issues or academic issues--and this does NOT mean putting them back in the same class with the same teacher!! Sometimes personalities clash. I promise that it will damage a child's self-esteem less to hold them back in 2nd grade than it will to let them become a high school sophomore who can't read and won't graduate. And don't even get me started on social promotion. How bout pouring some money into those programs, Mr. Obama, instead of lining the pockets of standardized-testing companies? By the way, did I mention that all 11-graders in my state are now required to take the ACT to graduate? Remember how ACT allows you to have one opportunity to take the test for free? Since the ACT must now be given on a school day, your one voucher disappears and you have to pay out-of-pocket to take it every time after that. Oh, and if you've all ready taken it before that in-school test day, you have to pay to re-take it on the day it is given in school. Even if you had no intention of ever taking it again. None of it makes sense. Why do my students who are not going to college need to take the ACT???