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Assume what you said is true, guess what will happen if they don't lobby? Same.

• dragonwriter 5y ago
  > Assume what you said is true, guess what will happen if they don't lobby? Same. Obviously, they disagree, or they wouldn’t spend money lobbying, which isn’t something companies do just to burn money. They do it because they expect RoI on the money spent lobbying.
  • temp8964 5y ago
    Can you give an example what will happen if states do not use standardized tests?
    • dragonwriter 5y ago
      > Can you give an example what will happen if states do not use standardized tests? Compared to any of the individual incremental mandates? They’ll have a lower ratio of cost to instructional time and a more efficient educational system, probably. While the requirements are often tied to consequences, they are rarely tied to the kond of systemwide analysis of results against other factors and process improvement that would make them systematically useful rather than theater. They are generally “accountability” measures that assume without any empirical basis that the results are within the control of the entity held accountable and that the consequences attached will force decisionmakers to make changes that result in optimization of the results. Oh, and standardized testing companies will make less money. Hence the lobbying.
• nitrogen 5y ago
  If testing companies don't lobby, then states can develop their own tests that meet the federal guidelines. I have a family member who is an educator and has contributed candidate questions to their state's standardized testing board.