Political Quotes

“This would just add confusion to an already difficult situation. To have each locality set its own assessments means that all of the assessments are going to be different. What happens in one city is going to be different from another city. If a student in one city moves from another city, all of a sudden, they become more intelligent? No, they just did better on that different assessment. Mr. Chairman, in our Democratic substitute, we have an amendment coming up, an idea that the assessments should be as accurate as possible and that we should have as few assessments as possible. One of the things people keep talking about is the multiple tests and the burden of these tests. We can do better. But allowing each locality to come up with its own home-baked assessment only will lead to confusion and something that nobody will understand. You won't know whether a student in one city is doing as well as a student in another city because you can't compare the results. I reserve the balance of my time.”