About 100 years ago, before the national government standardized money, state banks used to issue all kinds of small bills, $1 , 25 cents $1.50, $1.75, $4, $6, $7, $13. this practice flourished until the Civil War.
The ones that get the most attention from the public are, "How do your kids do in international standardized tests?" How much money are you spending?
"In West Africa, many cultures, including the Wolof in Gambia, used 'cloth money' in standardized strips that functioned as individual units of value; in medieval Iceland, a woolen fabric called wadmal (Old Norse for 'legal cloth') was the official currency for over 600 years; even the Silk Road, civilization's first global trade network, was named after the route's dominant form of currency".
The No Child Left Behind Act, which required schools to meet goals on standardized testing to receive federal money, "let states set standards low, and... they downright lied about proficiency," Schneider said.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is trying to come up with a standardized approach for using taxpayer money to modify the mortgages of people in danger of losing their homes, officials said on Thursday.
In it, they argue that Ms. Spellings had violated the United States Constitution in enacting the law by requiring states and school districts to spend local money to administer standardized tests and to meet other federal requirements.
Results indicated that regardless of the amount of money received, students' standardized scores in mathematics and Spanish improved over time.
However, these "currencies" generally differed in important ways from the standardized government-backed and -controlled money familiar to industrial societies.
(Dare I suggest that money spent on standardized testing might be better spent on high-quality books?) Portia Agati teaches second grade at 201 but her students are visually impaired.
A great score on either of these standardized tests can mean significant scholarship money and admittance into top schools, not to mention a great feeling of satisfaction.
We live in a nation where we don't properly invest in teachers, school materials, infrastructure and actual teaching skills-yet will pour money into the failing standardized testing industry.
