What good are standardized tests if they arrive at the end of the school year?
How can evaluations received over the summer help if the students are gone and the teachers are about to get all new students?
**Lets move Standardized Testing to the beginning of the school year.**
1) The previous year's schools will receive total feedback on their performance (each student's score will route back to the responsible school).
2) The new year's teachers will receive the evaluative tools for each student just in time.
3) TEACHING TO THE TEST WILL BE ERADICATED saving weeks of wasteful test prep which can be replaced with curriculum preparation.
Inspiration: Geoffry Canada's TED Talk - http://www.ted.com/talks/geoffrey_canada_our_failing_schools_enough_is_e...