Yesterday?s article in the Observer was revealing, today?s article has more comments from the education establishment.
Charlotte?s math test scores only reveal the tip of the iceberg! State Superintendent June Atkinson and State Board of Education Chairman Howard Lee will hold a media briefing on Wednesday, Nov. 1, to discuss K-8 school performance on the 2005-06 ABCs/AYP accountability report. No matter what is said bottom line the testing program is NOT reliable!
The General Assembly must force the State Education Board to adopt a proven nationally known achievement test instead of ?joke? tests ? End of Grade. EOGs tell how well students learn  the ?North Carolina Course of Study,? which has its own critics. Levels I, II, III & IV tell NOTHING!
An achievement test shows parents how well their child performs in light of every other child in the United States. It gets the Department of Public Instruction out of being a TESTING COMPANY. Does anyone think the agency writing, scoring and reporting results of the tool used to keep the same agency accountable is a conflict of interest?  Give me a break. The public is being duped! It would be funny if it did not involve children, their future and our future!