The loss isn't the students who skipped; it's those hurricane units and Colonial fairs disappearing as schools teach to the test in the name of high standards.
Apparently, this rapid ramping up of testing in the name of "rigor" and "raising the bar" is a part of campaign to keep "liberal unions" from preventing kids from "exceed ing) their own expectations".
In 2004, a lawyer sued the U.S. Navy to cease oceanic sonar testing in the name of the "cetacean community --that is, all the world's whales, porpoises and dolphins.
Scientists in white coats who committed murder in test tubes in the name of medical research.
They're likely to be grateful for the extra test done in the name of "being thorough" — and then for the procedure to address what's found.
So, if I can't pass this test, who in the name of immigrant-punishing dickwads can?
An overwhelming number of brands are certified by with PETA and refuse to give into cruel testing methods in the name of beauty.
Some of these pets wind up for sale on local Craigslist boards and sadly, others are sometimes sold to medical laboratories, where they become unwitting test subjects in the name of science.
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The errors — in the use of state tests — being made in the name of educational effectiveness and equity are egregious.
