Are Students Today Just Preparing for Standardized Tests?

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A good friend of mine passed along a video that was made and produced by middle schoolers at Suffern Middle School. The video really made me think. Students discussed how they felt they weren’t being prepared for the future. They wanted to be more creative and learn in different ways.

We are so technologically advanced and yet, it seems to me that our teachers are teaching backward. And it’s not their fault!

Ever since President Bush implemented the “No Child Left Behind” act, third grade until eighth grade students are prepped for these standardized tests. By doing so, everyone ends up losing.

Maybe the new administration should look at our schools a little closer? Maybe the No Child Left Behind Act needs to be refined? Maybe the old way of teaching doesn’t really work and students need new avenues to explore other things in the world around them?

Check out this video tape and see for yourself – It’s called “No Future Left Behind.” Let me know what you think… https://www.istevision.org/watch.php?vid=4026e3fcd9ee52c75998999b13182242ae1d743e

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