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This standardized testing craze is an attempt for companies to make yuge profits from schools. The companies produce the tests, the books to prepare the kids for the tests, training for the teachers (paid by the school department) to teach to the test, and on and on. Local control over education has been turned over to the edutainment/industrial complex. We need to break the model and put in a system like the Finns have. Their education system was a huge mess in the late 60's early 70's and they turned it around to be the best in the world.

Plus, if you look at Massachusetts's scores, they are better than RI by far but they are still churning out failing students, just at a lesser rate than here.

This is a plea for Warwick to be a front runner in education reform, from administrators, to teachers, to students, to parents. It can be done if all are willing to do what they are supposed to do.