All of these tests, and the required “teaching to the tests,”
are meaningless in the real world that these children will be expected to live and achieve in.
They are recipes for failure, not for satisfied, productive, kind citizens- and humans.
Read the following as quickly and accurately as you can:
‘I know I withought all by he middle on, ” said a between he name a buzzing, he for began open he the only reason for making.”
Very good, you’re told as your teacher clicks a stopwatch and writes on a piece of paper.
Now try this one:
“Twas brillig, and the slithy toves, Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.”
The teacher frowns and writes for a minute straight without comment.
Okay. Give this one a shot:
“Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elity, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.”
No, this isn’t a crash course in some foreign language.
It’s the DIBELS test.
Students as young as Kindergarten (and sometimes younger) are asked to read a text aloud…
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