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What we have done with No Child Left Behind is squeeze the creativity out of the classroom because teachers have begun to just teaching to the test. -- Claire McCaskill
?"Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let's offer schools a deal. Give them the resources to keep good teachers on the job, and reward the best ones. In return, grant schools flexibility: To teach with creativity and passion; to stop teaching to the test; and to replace teachers who just aren't helping kids learn. -- Barack Obama
I think a lot of teachers feel like they're teaching to a test. Our response is you teach to a student, you really teach to the kid. -- Erin Gruwell
Bishops may often feel but cannot express the sting and throb of submitting themselves to Roman commands because the latter are always presented as tests of their loyalty to the Pope and of their absolute acceptance of his teaching authority, or Magisterium. -- Eugene Kennedy
I have learned that, although I am a good teacher, I am a much better student, and I was blessed to learn valuable lessons from my students on a daily basis. They taught me the importance of teaching to a student - and not to a test. -- Erin Gruwell
If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve. -- William Glasser
Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. -- Lord Acton

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