The group is made up of psychiatrists and child development experts. Failure to test creates much more stress for children in the long-run.
Testing is an essential ingredient in ensuring that no child is left behind.
It is unfair not to test kids. Accountability means having high expectations for all children and demanding accountability for results. My fear is that this statement by the Alliance for Childhood is just one small part of a larger choreographed effort on the part of opponents of testing to attack the Bush education plan. We will probably see more exaggerated claims and scare tactics with no solid scientific data to back them up. In fact, some people want testing to be such a traumatic experience that they fabricate it.