By Becket Adams -
The Chicago Teachers Union in a recent report urged administrators across the country to do away with standardized testing, saying the process is the product of pro-corporate agendas, The Daily Caller reports.
“Corporate interests continue to push towards a test‐centered public education system that is clearly harmful to students,” the report reads.
The CTU also said standardized testing is a poor method for measuring a student’s proficiency in reading and arithmetic.
Karen Lewis, Head of the Chicago Teachers Union
It would appear, as TheDC’s Robby Soave notes, that the CTU’s push to do away with standardized testing isn’t an isolated event. Indeed, it appears to be a part of a bigger trend. ...More HERE
