She was great on the board of directors here. She believed strongly in what we were doing.
I think staff shares the opinion that there should be multiple measures to evaluate a school and its programs. Testing is one of them.
We have a very arts-rich curriculum. I could get rid of all that. But if I increased my test scores, does that mean a student is better educated? No.
We lose nearly an entire week. Four or five days, every morning, we lose instructional time.
It's not the proper way to run an organization. Would you run a business through fear?
Clearly, an organization has to be accountable, but (should not have to) put all (its) eggs in a narrow testing basket.