UGA student: I don’t test well, but I do well in school. More testing is not way to improve education.

Source: blogs.ajc.com Posted By: Valerie M...5343 days ago

Here is a well done essay by a UGA student on the national infatuation with standardized testing. It will run in the Monday print AJC. Enjoy

By Brittany Binowski

Not to brag, but in my 16 years as a student, I have consistently earned good grades and today have a 3.8 grade point average at the University of Georgia.

And I have done this despite— not because of — the standardized tests used throughout the state to judge whether students have learned required material.

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