Louisiana plans to test 3- and 4-year- olds. This is out-of-control testing fanaticism. We have come to expect extremism in Louisiana. The state is placing its bets on high-stakes testing and privatization.
Andrea Gabor, who writes about business and education, interviewed early childhood specialists in Louisiana. They think the people making the new laws and policies have no idea about child development. As one says, they think that there is no difference between a 10-year-old and a 3-year-old.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
I deplore the idea of testing young kids (older ones too, for that matter), but it irks me when 3 and 4 year olds are referred to as “toddlers”. Developmentally speaking, they are way ahead of toddlers, who are practically still babies.
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This is yet another shameless attempt to direct precious resources away from children and into the coffers of testing companies. If enough parents would opt their children out of this kind of exploitation, this testing fanaticism would die.
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And Jindal is quoted on the news today..something about the politicians dumbing down to their electorate….really? He should now a lot about dumbing down.
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Why wait so long? Pearson has found a way to test administer bubble tests to fetuses.
http://studentslast.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-tiniest-test-takers.html #satire
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This is just plain sad. It is one thing to screen children for possible delays but this is beyond belief. When will the people of Louisiana rise up against this silliness?
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