Is a 5th grader smarter than Ohio's PARCC testing initiative?
Ayden Pol won 3rd place in the Lorain County Chronicle-Telegram editorial contest with his aptly titled piece "Park the PARCC".
I'm with Ayden. Why aren't we making learning fun? Why are we so test focused?
Why are we micromanaging teachers? What purpose do these tests serve when students don't get the results back until the following year?
Why are school IT departments setting up their own help desks to deal with all of the problems? Why can't teachers help kids with the technology? And why do private schools in Ohio get an exemption from all of this unnecessary compliance overhead?
At what point do we remember the students? Shouldn't we be encouraging our best and brightest to go into the teaching profession instead of discouraging them?
I think Ayden hits the nail on the head and in his honor, I am going to do my best to use the phrase "bottom drawer word" every chance I get.
Please join me in congratulating Ayden on his excellent editorial and wish him luck as PARCC tests are this week!
