High-stakes testing is on the rise. Since it works so well, why not export it to other parts of American life... like marriage?
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02/11/2011
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Dan Brown is a teacher and the author of The Great Expectations School: A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle. His writing has also appeared in the Boston Globe, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, and Education Week. He currently teaches high school English at a charter school in Southeast Washington, DC. Dan Brown did not write The Da Vinci Code, and he is okay with that.
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Love it, Danny. hilarious and devastating.
Posted by: neal | 02/11/2011 at 10:30 AM
Dan, this is absolutely hilarious! Makes the point exceptionally well. I'm linking to it in my recent post on accountability.
Posted by: Ariel Sacks | 02/23/2011 at 09:19 PM
Thanks for this post. It's really hilarious!! I am agree with you about high-stakes testing.
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I little beat agree with you. I feel fairly strong about this and would like to read more.
Posted by: גני אירועים | 09/22/2011 at 02:02 PM
Thanks for sharing such a nice thinking, article is nice,
thats why i have read it completely
Posted by: Forrest | 09/30/2012 at 05:24 PM