David Tornburg gives us an idea about how that might turn out in his PBS article, "Technology & Teaching".   In it he says, "This leads me to a suggestion: The next time a politician jumps on the testing bandwagon, let's require that the politician take the test he or she thinks kids need to pass -- and publish the score in the daily newspaper. That ought to dampen their enthusiasm. But until something like that happens, people will feel powerless to change the system. A sense of powerlessness sure permeated the group with whom I was talking. The tests were designed by others, mandated by others, valued by others, and there was nothing they could do about it. "

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