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The ballot initiative campaign to remove a standardized test graduation requirement has received well over the number of required signatures to move on to the next phase of putting the
Taker's information for $0.47 a pop, and they can do that without the test taker's consent? >> they do get the test taker's consent. there's a question on the survey, which is part of the information they sell asking the students whether or not they want their information disseminated. whether or not, a 14 or 15-year-old kid who is about to take a high stakes test is in the game on the question is an open question but about 80% of kids check that box, so they have an opportunity to turn it back! >> how does this benefit the colleges that are buying it? >> the schools are in the business of get...
The moon bounce schools? >> right. right now, the united states is definitely in the moon bounce category in most places so when we think that the kids are under pressure and high stakes test, that is not anything close to what much of asia is dealing with. that is the pressure cooker which is the other extreme. a much healthier model is a place like finland where when the kids are in school, they're doing high quality, challenging work and incredibly well educated teacher who is getting in to teacher training college in finland is the same as mit in the united states. you have a quality again...
Picks up the trash, where does it go, that requires a fundmental thing like i feel we have been killing in schools, that is curiosity. it's not what do i need to know for the test tomorrow because it's high stakes test and will keep my teacher having a job or not, but curiosity of the natural world happens when we are allowed to spend time in the natural world and develop questions about it. >> i asked kids what is the number one bird you can name by song? first answer, none. kids can't name a bird by song, number two is crow. they can get that. we had this incredible miss understanding of the...