Also, testing perpetuates inequality. Test results reflect a school district s funding, not its educational levels. But it represents a hollow promise. Far from improving education, high-stakes testing marks a major retreat from fairness, from accuracy, from quality and from equity. Last fall UE members in Massachusetts backed a Labor Party-initiated ballot question calling for an end to the use of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System test as a graduation requirement.
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A Report on Commercial Pressures on Kids in School . Increase federal and state investment in local school districts, assuring all communities equal economic resources to support quality education. Federal funding to achieve 20 years of free education for everyone, including early children and adult learning programs. Computers, books, pencils, desks, supplies for every school. Adequate buildings .