Chapter Five John Donohue

Very interesting information to start out the chapter. Test scores are rising, but it is because we are lowering our standards. Due to the NCLB act, schools are finding ways to meet that standard, one way is to lower the standards. IS this what is best for the students. Are we really preparing them for college or to be successful in the corporate world? The chapter discusses that hte more we teach the test, the more we are failing our students. We are so obsessed we teaching the test we don't allow the students to be creative. The world is changing and we need to change with it. Teaching the test and forcing students to read does not aloow that. What we will end up with is group of students who hate to read.