Wrote\u00a0a 150- to 300-word response to the following letter to the editor:\tAs a taxpaying citizen of Hohum County, I question the extensive amount of time our schools spend on testing. I don’t see the reason for these mandated state tests. What good are they, anyway? Does anyone even look at the test results and do anything about the scores? I doubt it. What a waste of time and money! I think that teachers should teach more and not waste time testing. I think students would learn a lot more if they had more instruction and less testing. Whose idea was it to do all this testing anyway?\tA Concerned Taxpayer\tInclude\u00a0the benefits of assessments regarding the following stakeholders:\tStudents\tTeachers\tSchools\tSchool districts\tTaxpayers\tAny others who may help highlight this issue\t\u00a0\tDescribe\u00a0how assessments may be used to drive school improvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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