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Sacramento County, CA November 5, 2002 Election
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I'm not in support of standardized testing have several areas of concern regarding standardized testing

By John Taylor

Candidate for Board Member; Elk Grove Unified School District; Area 2

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Some of the questions I have are as regarding standardized testing are articulated in my text below.
At this time, I'm not in support of standardized testing. I have several areas of concern regarding standardized testing and some of the questions I have are as followed: do standardized tests give a fair opportunity to all students to pass regardless of their family's culture, economic status or the student's individual learning style? Does a majority of the Elk Grove Unified School District teachers support standardized testing? Are bonuses or incentives being paid to teachers who raise their class test results? If so and they accept the bonus, does this narrow the curriculum being taught in the classroom to just preparing for the test and not much else? Does standardized testing jeopardize academic freedom for teachers? If standardized testing is meant to benefit students, then why are we seeing approximately forty-six percent of college freshman unable to read, write or do math at the college level?

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