The TEST, TEST , TEST AND CHARTER SCHOOL mantra is being questioned with solid objections.

... activists driving protests against the nation’s prevailing education policies are ratcheting the fight to unprecedented intensity that will likely become even more forceful in future efforts.

Clearly, the resistance to top-down education mandates is building. The movement is propelled by forces far greater than what education journalists and policy leaders understand – widespread grievances about inequity, unfairness, and public disempowerment. 

http://www.alternet.org/signs-coming-revolution-americas-education-system?page=0%2C1&akid=10489.294211.zGgUs9&rd=1&src=newsletter846370&t=23