Pols, teachers unions aim to scrap tests to hide huge learning lossBy Chien Kwok and Maud Maron
March 30, 2023
Parents were right all along — kids need to be in school to learn.
The learning loss resulting from the longest public-school closures imposed on blue-state kids in urban districts where teachers unions hold the most sway is devastating and will have generational consequences.
Now the educators and politicians who supported prolonged school closures are trying to hide the evidence of their unconscionable decisions.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), a former teachers-union member and current teachers-union donee, has introduced the ludicrously entitled More Teaching Less Testing Act, which would abolish the third grade through eighth grade standardized math and English tests — the clearest proof of how costly school closures were for learning.
When you put the title through the Orwellian doublespeak reader you get: Less Learning and No Accountability Act.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/03/30/pols-teachers-unions-aim-to-scrap-tests-to-hide-huge-learning-loss/