| As the "stakes" in "high stakes testing" increase, then the imposition of testing company rights over the rights of the individual will increase. We learned in the past few days that Pearson is monitoring the Twitter accounts and Facebook accounts and other social media used by America's children. Some call it spying. Pearson expects America's teachers and principals to help them police the children to make sure that they don't write about or even discuss the PARCC test. Say's Diane Ravitch "Now, there is no point just baying at the moon. If you don't like Pearson's policies, why not write to the man in charge, Michael Barber? In Great Britain, he is called "Sir Michael," but in the United States we don't recognize titles, so you may address him in the democratic style as Michael Barber, or Mr. Barber, or Mike. He is best known for his ardent faith in targets, goals, or what he calls "deliverology." |
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