Here’s the thing about Standardized Testing.
I became a teacher, partly, because I didn’t want a job where my goal was to make money. I didn’t want to create profit. I want to create thinkers and voters and citizens.
Standardized Testing is part of a push by conservative government to make public education profitable for private corporations.
My state pays Pearson $90 Million EVERY YEAR just for STAAR testing. That doesn’t include Pearson test prep materials, or any of the other tests they run.Pearson writes G/T tests, AP tests, even teacher certification tests.
The market is basically a monopoly And Standardized Testing is now a multi-billion dollar industry.
And for what? They don’t measure educational quality. They haven’t improved student performance. All they really seem to measure is family income, which is the best predictor for student performance.
I didn’t go into this job to create profit, but those in power found a way to profit off our work anyway.
They’re also the primary tool for modern redlining.
