<p>Ohio is getting there, probably not as bad as other states, but our superintendent has cut a Foreign Language exploratory in favor of yet another test prep class in 7th grade. The new OGT, from what I hear, is supposed to be impossible to completely pass the first time, though I'm sure few posters on CC would have a hard time with it ;)</p>
<p>We already have about 50 seniors a year unable to graduate each year because of their dismal test scores, and I fear those numbers are only going to increase. Hence, our already non-competitive, test-obsessed school will only base a further emphasis on these ridiculous tests and eliminate opportunities for the rest of us.</p>
<p>I see only one reason to even consider state testing--to determine the level of grade inflation in schools. There are other ways to do this than a doomsday one-week test that determines the fates of students who would otherwise graduate.</p>