Standards and StressBy Carlos Contreras

Imagine!!!

http://www.emotional-intelligence-education.com/stress-emotions.html

The flaws of high stakes tests•Do not measure intelligence•Alter teaching styles• Rampant cheating

The cost•39.4 billion•Emotional toll

What is the Solution•End testing•Peer evaluation•Principal evaluation•District evaluation

http://educationalimpactblog.com/2011/01/20/teacher-evaluation-report-flawed/

The Benifits•Teachers can teach all subjects•Free up money•Puts the power into local hands

http://ulsu.wordpress.com/2008/11/

How do we help•Write school district•Write congress •Write Senators•Write president•Spread the word

http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/annual-test-dutch-school-children-starts

Works citedEducation, The U.S. Department of. ED.gov. 11 March 2010. 9 April

2011.

Richard P. Phelps, PhD. Correcting Fallacies About Educational and Psychological Testing. Austrailia: Footprint Books, 2008.

Steven Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner. Freakonomics. New York: Harper Collins Books, 2005.