As each school season begins, the designated days turned into weeks for such evaluations grow. Teachers are pushed to cover more information in less teaching time. Students are pressured to reproduce that information with less opportunity to understand the ideas behind the data. Some schools, as a result, have pushed the year-round policy. Magnet schools are on the rise.
Private schools remain a pivot point of choice via school vouchers.
When the spaceship later failed in its data transmission, the endeavor was not lost but instead that same hope opened a door of discovery and a chance to learn from mistakes. I've never seen a standardized test do that for students. For all the students who feel the sting of test evaluation and hear that door of discovery shutting as a result, we should choose the former. I've lived in Clifton Forge proper since 1975. I graduated from Hollins and teach English composition at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College.