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This is another interesting article about testing. Why Standardized Testing Will Never Work  The original article was written by Andrew Campbell who teaches grades 4 and 5 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. You can click this link to read the article http://www.joebower.org/2012/11/why-standardized-testing-will-never-work.html . In the beginning of the article there is a picture of a pipe.  Then, this is the excerpt from the article: This is an image of Belgian artist René Magritte ‘s famous painting “ The Treachery of Images “, painted in 1928-29 when Magritte was 30 years old. I’m sure it would take several art history courses to discuss what it means so I won’t try, but I will share my opinion. Magritte is quoted as saying “…it’s just a representation, is it not? So if I had written on my picture “This is a pipe,” I’d have been lying!”. Magritte is discussing the nature of representations. He’s saying that no matter how good a representation is, it can neve...

Do you ever wonder about school testing? I have the article about it. Although, the article is about school testing in US, it is a worthy article to read.  School Testing In U.S. Costs $1.7 Billion, But That May Not Be Enough: Report Matt Chingos has an idea that will likely roil the scores of parents and teachers who think the U.S. tests its students too much: we might actually spend too little on standardized testing. But he's not alone. "He shows, that with the debate about testing in this country -- it costs too much money -- it's absolutely wrong," said David Coleman, president of the College Board, the company that administers the SATs. In a report released Thursday titled "State Spending on K-12 Assessments," Chingos, a fellow at the Brookings Institute, tallied up the cost of standardized testing, a subject that has fueled much debate and speculation. After sending out countless Freedom of Information Act requests and rummaging thro...