Standardized Tests: Are They Really Fixing Education, Or Just Making Us All Crazy?
Honestly, I feel like I’ve spent the last decade watching my kids (and their teachers, bless their hearts) gear up for one standardized test after another. We hear all this talk about “education reform” and how these tests are supposed to fix everything wrong with our schools. And yeah, I get it. On some level, we *do* need to know if kids are learning, right? We need to know if the schools are actually doing their job, if the curriculum’s hitting the mark, if every kid’s getting a fair shake. But sometimes, sitting there, signing off on another permission slip
