Too Much Testing?

Yes, the arguments about the best way to educate our kids will go on forever. But, two teachers from Lowell High argue that an over-emphasis on testing is not the way to teach our kids. They may have a point as I was surprised to learn that 15% of the school year is devoted to taking state-mandated tests, or so the Department of Education dictates. How much more of the school year is taken up with preparing for these tests? I think the teachers have a point.