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Michigan lawmakers axed a requirement that would make prospective teachers take a basic skills test before earning their certification in Michigan.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation last week to get rid of the law requiring all prospective teachers to take the SAT to become certified in the state of Michigan, the Detroit Free Press reported.
“The basic skills test … is not a strong indicator of how successful a teacher will be,” said Sen. Marty Knollenberg (R-Troy), one of the sponsors of the bipartisan-supported legislation.
Knollenberg, who serves as the state Senate Education Committee chair, said the panel made its decision to make it easier for people to become teachers.
“To me, the good teachers — they’re inspired and have passion. Why should they be burdened with a test that isn’t relevant to the subject matter they teach?” Knollenberg said, adding that the previous system was not an accurate way to “measure competency” in a subject.
National Council on Teacher Quality President Kate Walsh pushed back on the decision Friday, arguing that there needs to be a basic standard for teachers in this country. more
Everybody gets a trophy!
It’s likely to go unnoticed.
This entire state wants to be Detroit! Gee Wally, what could possibly go wrong with removing any standards for being a teacher? Some stupid idiot pol said it would make it easier to become a teacher. Hell! Bring on all the standards and proficiency tests for teachers! I want it to be the toughest profession to get into. Weed out the incompetent ones and make sure we have the best teaching the next generation. But what the hell do I know? I guess teaching skills aren’t really necessary for brainwashing.
You don’t need to know nuthin to teech in Michigan.
Days shud just berid of aalll the testing ant stoopid stuff that gots to go thru hoops to be a teeching union maggot … at …
izlamo delenda est …
And *I* thought you were trying to make a “he axed me” kind of joke in the title that I didn’t *get*…sheesh.
All tests in the future will start off like this,
“I feel….”
and whatever comes after that gets an A+ for students and a pension for teachers.
We already shaped our state like a hand so we could show smart people where we live when we get lost. How’s this going to make things better?
The participation trophy should be a statue of Alfred E Neuman with WHAT ME WORRY inscribed on it. IDIOTS!
So if taking a basic skills test is a burden, how are they going to handle the classroom? Although, I imagine basic skills in some cities would include, Escape and evasion, cover and concealment, hand to hand combat , hostage negotiation, and a proficiency in ebonics.
WTF, over?!? Why on earth would the SAT be the basic skills test for a TEACHER? So the entrance exam for high schoolers to enter college is the standard for teachers who supposedly graduated from college to be teachers getting kids ready for the SAT? What kind of circular lefty idiocy even came up with that? So to get a law license, I should just take the LSAT and call it a win. If they wanted to tap an existing exam for proficiency they should have used the GRE. Oh wait, “Additionally, the test is proving to be a barrier to individuals who, with appropriate support and remediation, have the potential to become excellent teachers,” DiSessa said.” So the “teachers” have become too dumb to pass a test they already passed to become teachers.
My Governor (Snyder) never stops disappointing. With Republicans like him, who needs democrats?
You are not allowed to teach material outside of the approved hand outs, so I ax, what does it matter. BTW, the bill sponsors are overpaid.
Further effort to accelerate the dumbing down of the proletariat. If the NWO can keep the populace ignorant enough they will toe the line and do anything they tell them too.
I’m with @Czar. Michigan axes what on the Basic Skills Test?
Just do away with the testing for students too (assuming they haven’t already). Then what difference does it make?
In order to earn their certification, they must first pass the first requisite of being convicted of a felony.
Ebonics for everybody! It kills me when I hear a white kid talk like a ghetto rat.
Different Tim, I nearly spit up my chicken when I read your comment. Too funny.
When I moved to MN 1/2 lifetime ago, I used to do the hand and point to where I was from when someone asked. The looks I would get were priceless. I’d just tell them that I carry a map of my state with me at all times. The UP is possible, but you have to scrunch up your fingers of the second hand to get the Keweenaw Peninsula right.
PS I am a bit conflicted about this “no SAT for teachers” thing. If someone has worked in a specific field all their career and now wants to teach after retiring, why would they need to be tested in science if they had been a accountant and wanted to teach that?
I would think you would get many more conservatives going into teaching (having worked in the real world) by doing this.
My brother was an engineer and decided to teach for his last 10 years before retiring. He is a smart guy, so the SAT wasn’t a problem, but if I wanted to teach English and had to test on math; I wouldn’t even try.
a smart electorate is a danger to all politicians.
thus we get these types of actions from them.
@Claudia – Copper Harbors tough. Forget about Isle Royale.