John Shadegg said "This is the whole question about who is going to write the test, who is going to decide what our children learn. Like the gentleman from Wisconsin, I trust the parents and the teachers and the administrators and, for that matter, the students in my own school a lot more than I trust bureaucrats in Washington. The problem is not just who in Washington writes it; the problem is that it should not be written in Washington. The test to test our children's skills ought to be written at least in our neighborhoods, in our schools by our school districts, by our school boards, and by our State departments of education, and not by national organizations who are so remote from those parents and those children." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordOctober 6, 1997

This is the whole question about who is going to write the test, who is going to decide what our children learn. Like the gentleman from Wisconsin, I trust the parents and the teachers and the administrators and, for that matter, the students in my own school a lot more than I trust bureaucrats in Washington. The problem is not just who in Washington writes it; the problem is that it should not be written in Washington. The test to test our children's skills ought to be written at least in our neighborhoods, in our schools by our school districts, by our school boards, and by our State departments of education, and not by national organizations who are so remote from those parents and those children.

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John Shadegg

Arizona

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of local control over educational testing during a debate on national testing.

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