Should Rhode Island use the NECAP test as a high school graduation requirement? We know Eva Mancuso and Deborah Gist don’t want to have this debate, but 10 News Conference does.
I argue that using a one high stakes test as a graduation requirement for the entire state is patently unfair after generations of inequity in education experiences. “We’re having a race to the top here in Rhode Island and towns like East Greenwich and Barrington are starting on third base and towns like Central Falls and Pawtucket are starting with two strikes against them.”
Meanwhile, Justin Katz argues that high stakes tests are good because it treats students more like Pavlov’s dogs. No wonder Mancuso and Gist don’t want to have this debate….