[goodwithagun]

In addition to regular classroom tests, many Ohio students take state mandated tests online. Feb-March students took 3 ELA, 2 math, 1 social studies, and one science test. Each test was two hours. Apr-May the same students took 2 ELA, 1 math, 1 social studies, and 1 science test. Each test was also two hours. The classroom teacher is required to proctor the test; therefore, he or she is out of the classroom and there is sub for non-testing students.

[elpadre]

In the eighties Kentucky reformed their schools changing from the pursuit of excellence to the pursuit of mediocrity. They started taking anything of a competitive nature out, even such things as academic competitions. The Spelling Bees were on the chopping block but they are sponsored by an outside organization, I think it was the national organization of Mechanical Engineers, who had enough clout to keep it going. Some say a future goal was to close down sports, but that would take a lot of years, a lot of conditioning of minds to do. Many old teachers couldn’t change and retired, many early retirements. Maybe that was one of the goals - to be rid of the traditional teachers and stock up with new, liberal trained teachers.