If any of you live in states where the school system uses standard tests to qualify students for advancement to next grade level or graduation, you will be seeing more and more of those entering electrical training wanting to be taught the test. That is what is now done in Texas schools. At a school board candidates forum a couple of years ago I asked if, in light of the shortage of trades persons, was the board planning to include trade training as part of the curriculum. The answer was that time and money spent on teaching trades would take away from being able to teach the TAAS. The students are being taught that the way to advance in school is to learn what will be on the test, learn those answers in the format that the test presents them, and any other learning is not of value.
Gerald Powell
