Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Legislature passes motion urging end to Grade 3 testing

MLAs passed a motion Monday at the Alberta legislature calling for an end to mandatory testing of third grade students.

The motion asking the government to examine the practice was introduced by Genia Leskiw, Conservative MLA for Bonnyville-Cold Lake and a former teacher.

It was passed by a majority of MLAs after an hour-long debate, but the government isn't obligated to do anything, as it is not binding.

Click here to read the full article on CBC.

(Some of the comments posted on CBC are worth noting, too, for alternative points of view. Please feel free to leave a comment of your own on this site.)

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