The High Costs of Standardized Testing in Indiana....

State treasure: Indiana tax payers are out of $46,229,751.00 in education funding diverted last year from public schools and paid to out-of-state standardized test publishing companies.

Time: six weeks of test prep substituted for new learning across the curricula? Get the details here at Northeast Indiana Friends of Public Education.

Top that off with the physiological toll high stakes test stress has on America's children and one has to ask this question: Is the runaway train that is high stakes testing good for the educational and psycho-emotional development of students in U.S. Public Schools?

If you would like to express your concerns with the Indiana Education Select Commission, you can contact them here:
Rep. Robert Behning, Co-Chairperson h91@IN.gov
Rep. Rhonda Rhoads--h70@in.gov,
Rep. Timothy Brown, h70@in.gov
Rep. Edward Clere h72@in.gov
Rep. David Frizzell h93@in.gov
Rep. Kathleen Heuer h83@in.gov
Rep. Cindy Noe h87@in.gov
Rep. Jeffrey Thompson h28@in.gov
Rep. Greg Porter h96@in.gov
Rep. David Cheatham h69@in.gov
Rep. Clyde Kersey h43@in.gov
Rep. Vernon Smith h14@in.gov
Rep. Shelli Vandenburgh h19@in.gov
Sen. Dennis Kruse, Co-Chair Senator.Kruse@iga.in.gov
Sen. Carlin Yoder Senator.Yoder@iga.in.gov
Sen. James Banks Senator.Banks@iga.in.gov
Sen. James Buck Senator.Buck@iga.in.gov
Sen. Luke Kenley Senator.Kenley@iga.in.gov
Sen. Jean Leising Senator.Leising@iga.in.gov
Sen. Scott Schneider Senator.Schneider@iga.in.gov
Sen. Earline Rogers S3@iga.in.gov
Sen. Frank Mrvan s1@iga.in.gov
Sen. Timothy Skinner s38@iga.in.gov