http://conversationed.com/2015/04/27/this-article-may-be-illegal-lifting-the-veil-of-silence-on-standardized-testing/ Fri, 18 Dec 2015 06:15:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.1 http://conversationed.com/2015/04/27/this-article-may-be-illegal-lifting-the-veil-of-silence-on-standardized-testing/#comment-1569 Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:02:10 +0000 http://conversationed.com/?p=4901#comment-1569 By using the word ‘capitalist’ I think Steven was making reference to the text book publishers and testing syndicates who make a fortune on these kind of standardized tests. You are right, however, in saying it is ‘cronyism’. In fact both those terms aren’t mutually exclusive – mix them together and you get ‘crony capitalism’.

]]> http://conversationed.com/2015/04/27/this-article-may-be-illegal-lifting-the-veil-of-silence-on-standardized-testing/#comment-1542 Tue, 19 May 2015 16:03:22 +0000 http://conversationed.com/?p=4901#comment-1542 First off: You had me in full agreement until you made the common mistake that the Standardized Testing racket is in any way capitalist. It is not. It is cronyism at its worst. With that said, the only way to get out from under the testing racket is to opt out. It is a parent’s right and a student’s right to opt out. It is a teacher’s right to make sure our students and parents are aware of their right to opt out.

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