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Show 126 to the schools by the Legislature, expected from the schoo1s.23 improvement should be more One difficultly with this kind of reasoning is that the inflation factor is ignored. recent years has resulted in costs and salaries automatically without regard· in to quality Inflation of being raised almost materials or or improvement performance.24 Some who do not regard education as an easily evaluated product claim that teachers should not be held accountable because present tests do not indicate how effective or ineffective system is. The NEA has damaging to the progress of students.?5 opposing viewpoints regarding testing both viewpoint is the one which makes sense Thus, two groups with have argued that educators who may not be opposed to testing are Their complaint concerning accountability responsible for what children learn in 2311For More School Aid, More School 13 January 1973, p. 6A ' or their To be sure, evaluations. is that if teachers a in testing programs educationally.26 there be educational vigorously opposed testing of students recent years because it believes that often many are an are to given period of time, Progress,1J Deseret News 24Using the same reasoning used by the Deseret News, one could argue that the price of copies of the newspaper has in creased dramatically in the last decade without any firm evidence that the product has been improved. 25The For UEA has not challenged the NEA stand on testing Tests HStandardized see of the NEA a representaive article position 11 12. 15 1976): NEA [February lust Go, Herndon Says, Reporter 26Related to testing of students is evaluation of teachers. Chaffin explained that the GEA has recently opposed the evaluation of teachers by principals in Granite District. |
