The Future of Thinking, Cathy Davidson argues our world is no longer taking learning seriously. Teachers are teaching so that students are passing tests. She argues the No Child Left behind Act leaves old forms of learning behind. How is it improving the way children are learning if the focus of learning is changing?

This is not the link to the actual chapter, but a link about the book. I got the book from the library... In Chapter 8, Testing, Trying, and Teaching, John Bruer argues that standardized testing is not a fair way to test students. He mentions that putting a student into a percentile based on the score they get on a single test does not give a fair representation of the students learning and understanding of the material.

High Stakes Testing, by Miriam J. Metzger, Andrew J. Flanagin, talks about testing, and the No Child Left Behind Act and how it has affected schools and their methods of teaching. It explains how because of the No Child Left Behind Act the children are no longer being taught to know the information, but they are being taught so they can pass the tests and get the schools more money. The tests the students are taking are focusing on Mathematics and Reading...