On AlterNet: testing

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "testing"

Standardized Tests Hurt Kids and Public Schools: Teachers, Parents Take a Stand Against Corporate-Backed Test Regime

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. January 4, 2012.

Teachers, parents and activists are organizing to fight standardized testing in schools -- and the big companies that profit from the tests.

Big Pharma Testing Drugs on India’s Poor

Viji Sundaram, Zeina Awad, New America Media. August 7, 2011.

Pharmaceutical companies are exploiting the country’s vast number of illiterate and poor people who are willing to become guinea pigs.

Prostitutes in Tijuana Forced to Pay More for Testing

Erika Cebreros, New America Media. October 1, 2008.

Health authorities in Tijuana now charge more for the medical tests required for sex workers. The price increase may keep many away from the doctor.

Music for the Brain

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. November 27, 2007.

Scientists might not be sure exactly how it works, but musically and artistically inclined students are better readers and mathematicians.

Why Have the Children Been Left Behind?

Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. October 22, 2007.

Bush's ironically-named No Child Left Behind program cheatsschools out of money and time.

Drugmakers Hurry Sales, Delay Safety Studies

Michelle Chen, The NewStandard. February 9, 2007.

Fast-tracked pharmaceuticals are on the market for an average of almost two years without beginning required safety tests, and the FDA is letting it happen.

Testing...Testing...One, Two, Three

Amy Gluckman, Dollars and Sense. January 31, 2002.

The commercial side of the standardized-testing boom.