This is a new experience for me. I am starting this blog as a requirement for a class at Walden University. I am interested in beginning dialogue concerning the overabundance of testing required these days. In the face of no child left behind, we are losing students. As we pat ourselves on the backs forever increasing federally mandated state testing, more and more students are dropping out. As more and more rigid control enters the curriculum, talented and gifted educators are becoming increasingly frustrated and are leaving the profession. These are the very teachers who think
