On the May 19th edition of Your Call, we’ll have a conversation with NPR’s Anya Kamanetz, about her new book The Test: Why Our Schools Are Obsessed with Standardized Testing — But You Don't Have to Be. According to the Council of the Great City Schools, students take an average of 113 standardized tests from grades K through 12. What are the alternatives for tracking the success of students and schools? Where do you stand on testing? It’s Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.
Guests:
Anya Kamenetz, NPR's education reporter
Web Resources:
NPR: Anya Kamenetz
NY Times: Ex-Schools Chief in Atlanta Is Indicted in Testing Scandal
NY Times: The Revolt Over Standardized Tests in New York Schools
Salon: I hate the Common Core’s high-stakes standardized tests — but I made my kid take them anyway
CSM: Standardized test backlash: More parents pull kids from exams as protest