Congress is busy working on leaving “No Child Left Behind” behind. Teachers hate that “teaching to the test” stuff, so I drew this today.
![134905 600 That Darn No Child Left Behind Testing Stuff cartoons](//www.caglecartoons.com/media/cartoons/10/2013/07/20/134905_600.jpg)
The Bush era law mandated that all school kids should be reading and doing math at their grade level by now – well, that won’t happen – the solution? Throw out the law requiring such crazy stuff. But keep all the crazy testing. hmm. I draw something like this every couple of years when this topic gets hot, as it does bi-annually. Here’s a nice one on standardized testing and employment that I drew back in 2007.
![36891 600 That Darn No Child Left Behind Testing Stuff cartoons](//media.cagle.com/10/2007/04/12/36891_600.jpg)
Things don’t change much. President Bush just loved the standardized testing. I drew this when “No Child Left Behind” passed …
![36736 600 That Darn No Child Left Behind Testing Stuff cartoons](//media.cagle.com/10/2007/04/07/36736_600.jpg)
Obama and his Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, love standardized testing just as much as George W. Bush.
![82378 600 That Darn No Child Left Behind Testing Stuff cartoons](//media.cagle.com/10/2010/08/28/82378_600.jpg)
We’ll surely get rid of “No Child Left Behind” but we won’t be rid of standardized testing. The more things change, the more they stay the same. I suppose I’ll draw this again in a couple of years.