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A student's view on national standardised tests

US states spurred by the promise of $350 million in Race to the Top money for improved tests-as well as an opportunity to strengthen bids for part of the federal fund's larger $4 billion pot are scrambling to join consortia to develop common assessments.

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School committee voted to fire the entire staff at a small, high-poverty school that was performing badly - a move reportedly applauded by US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.  Yet another reason to hate the worship of standardised, summative testing results being used to evaluate schools.