MN Progressive Project: Al Franken's thoughts on education
"The race to the middle is insane," stated Sen. Al Franken (DFL-MN).
I spoke to Al at Netroots Nation last Saturday. He was referring to the concept in education in which teachers ignore the highest scoring students on the standardized tests because they'll pass easily. They also ignore the students with no chance of passing the tests and focus on the students in the middle of the pack to make sure the overall percentages of students who pass are highest.
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