"Orgy of Tabulation"

We had a previous testing frenzy of similar magnitude during the "progressive" Eugenics Era of the 1920s and the 1930s.  Harold Rugg referred to it as an "orgy of tabulation."

At that time it took the Nazis to remind of where we were headed and a Great Depression to make the test mania unaffordable.  What will it take this time?

No good idea, strategy, or intervention in education is possible until high stakes testing ends. Period.

Here is Shelby County, TN's testing calendar 2013-14.  (HT to Commercial Appeal columnist, David Waters.)

1st Semester Dates	Test	Participants
September – December 2013	ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery)	Grades 11 and 12
September 23 – October 18, 2013	DEA Test Window #1	Grades 2 - 12
October 16 or 19, 2013	PSAT	Grade 11
October 22, 2013	Constructed Response Assessment (CRA)#1 of 2	Grades 3 – 8 Enrolled in Alg. I, Alg. II, and Geometry
November 6, 2013	Explore	Grade 8
November 7, 2013	PLAN	Grade 10
December 2 – December 20, 2013	DEA Test Window #2	2 - 12
December 3, 2013	Algebra I  & U. S. History	Enrolled in 2nd Semester
December 4, 2013	Algebra II  & English I	Enrolled in 2nd Semester
December 5, 2013	English III & English II	Enrolled in 2nd Semester
December 6, 2013	Biology & Chemistry	Enrolled in 2nd Semester
December 9, 2013	EOC Make-up Testing	Enrolled in 2nd Semester
December 3-6, 2013	Online Gateway	* Students who entered 9th grade prior to 2009-10
2nd Semester Dates	Test	Participants
January 14, 2014	Portfolios Due (Grades 3 – 12)	Students Eligible for Portfolio Assessment per IEP
February 2014	TCAP Writing Assessment (Feb. 3- 13    Grades 5, 8, 11) (Feb. 18 – 21    Grades 3, 6, 9) (Feb. 24 – 28  Grades 4,7, 10)	Grades 5, 8, and 11 (state-mandated) Grades 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10
February 11- March 21, 2014	ELDA	Students with ELL Designation
February 18, 2014	Portfolios Due (Grades 1 and 2)	Students Eligible for Portfolio Assessment per IEP
February 18 - 28, 2014	Constructed Response Assessment (CRA) #2 of 2	Grades 3 – 8 Enrolled in Alg. I, Alg. II, Geometry
February 24 – March 21, 2014	DEA Test Window #3	2 - 12
March 4, 2014 *Make-up March 18, 2014	ACT	Grade 11
March 24 – April 11	PARCC Pilot – PBA (Performance- Based Assessment)	Select Groups
April 29 – May 5, 2014	TCAP Achievement	Grades 3 - 8

May 6-9, 2014	Stanford-10	Grades 1 - 2
May 1, 2014	Algebra I  & U. S. History	Enrolled in 2nd Semester
May 2, 2014	Algebra II & English I	Enrolled in 2nd Semester
May 5, 2014	English III & English II	Enrolled in 2nd Semester
May 6, 2014	Biology & Chemistry	Enrolled in 2nd Semester
May 7, 2014	EOC Make-up Testing	Enrolled in 2nd Semester
May 1-6, 2014	Online Gateway	* Students who entered 9th grade prior to 2009-10
May 5 – 16, 2014	Advanced Placement Exams	Enrolled in the AP Course (see courses below)
May 5 – 21	PARCC Pilot – End of Year (EOY)	Select Groups
May 2 – 23, 2014	IB Exams	Enrolled in the IB Program (see courses below)
Summer Dates	Test	Participants
July 8, 2014	Algebra I & II	Enrolled in 2nd Semester
July 9, 2014	English I, II, & III	Enrolled in 2nd Semester
July 10, 2014	Biology & U.S. History	Enrolled in 2nd Semester
July 11, 2014	Chemistry	Enrolled in 2nd Semester
July 8 - 10, 2014	Online/Paper Gateway	* Students who entered 9th grade prior to 2009-10
* Gateway participants are students who entered 9th grade prior to 2009 who are not enrolled in the course and have not met their Gateway graduation requirement.
Advanced Placement Schedule
May 5, 2014	Chemistry, Environmental Science, Psychology	Enrolled in the AP Course
May 6, 2014	Computer Science A, Spanish Language and Culture, Art History	Enrolled in the AP Course
May 7, 2014	Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chinese Language and Culture	Enrolled in the AP Course
May 8, 2014	English Literature and Composition, Japanese Language and Culture, and	Enrolled in the AP Course

	Latin
May 9, 2014	English Language and Composition, Statistics, Studio Art	Enrolled in the AP Course
May 12, 2014	Biology, Music Theory, Physics B, and Physics C	Enrolled in the AP Course
May 13, 2014	U.S. Government and Politics, Human Geography, French Language and Culture	Enrolled in the AP Course
May 14, 2014	German Language and Culture, US History, and European History	Enrolled in the AP Course
May 15, 2014	Macroeconomics, World History, Italian Language and Culture, and Microeconomics	Enrolled in the AP Course
May 16, 2014	Comparative Govt. and Politics, Spanish Literature and Culture	Enrolled in the AP Course
IB Exams
	Morning Exams	Afternoon Exams
May 2, 2014	School-based syllabus SL paper 1 School-based syllabus SL paper 2	None
May 5, 2014	English A Literature HL paper 1 English A Literature SL paper 1 English A Language & Literature HL paper 1 English A Language & Literature SL paper 1 Literature & Performance SL paper 1 Literature & Performance SL paper 2	Economics HL paper 1 Economics SL paper 1 Classical Languages HL paper 1 Classical Languages SL paper 1
May 6, 2014	Economics HL paper 2 Economics HL paper 3 Economics SL paper 2 Classical Languages HL paper 2 Classical Languages SL paper 2	English A Literature HL paper 2 English A Literature SL paper 2 English A Language & Literature HL paper 2 English A Language & Literature SL paper 2 English B HL paper 1

		English B HL paper 2 English B SL paper 1 English B SL paper 2 English ab Initio SL paper 1 English ab initio SL paper 2
May 7, 2014	Physics HL paper 1 Physics HL paper 2 Physics SL paper 1 Physics HL paper 2 Sports, Exercise & Health Science SL paper 1 Sports, Exercise & Health Science SL paper 2 Environmental Systems & Societies SL paper 1	Philosophy HL paper 1 Philosophy SL paper 1 Psychology HL paper 1 Psychology SL paper 1 World religions SL paper 1
May 8, 2014	Philosophy HL paper 2 Philosophy HL paper 3 Philosophy SL paper 2 Psychology HL paper 2 Psychology HL paper 3 Psychology SL paper 2 World religions SL paper 2	Physics HL paper 3 Physics SL paper 3 Sports, Exercise & Health Science SL paper 3 Environmental Systems & Societies SL paper 2
May 9, 2014	Language A Literature HL paper 1 Language A Literature SL paper 1 Language A Language & Literature HL paper 1 Language A Language & Literature SL paper 1 Except: English, French, German & Spanish	Biology HL paper 1 Biology HL paper 2 Biology SL paper 1 Biology SL paper 2
May 12, 2014	Biology HL paper 3 Biology SL paper 3	Language A Literature HL paper 2

		Language A Literature SL paper 2 Language A Language & Literature HL paper 2 Language A Language & Literature  SL paper 2 Except:English, French, German & Spanish
May 13, 2014	Language B HL paper 1 Language B HL paper 2 Language B SL paper 1 Language B SL paper 2 Language ab initio SL paper 1 Language ab initio SL paper 2 Except: English, French, German & Spanish	Mathematics HL paper 1 Mathematics SL paper 1 Mathematics Studies SL paper 1
May 14, 2014	Mathematics HL paper 2 Mathematics HL paper 2 Mathematics SL paper 2 Mathematical Studies SL paper 2	History HL paper 1 History HL paper 1 History HL paper 2 History SL paper 1 History SL paper 2
May 15, 2014	History HL paper 3	Mathematics HL paper 3 German A Literature HL paper 1 German A Literature SL paper 1 German A Language & Literature HL paper 1 German A Language & Literature SL paper 1
May 16, 2014	German A Literature HL paper 2 German A Literature SL paper 2	Computer Science HL paper 1

	German A Language & Literature HL paper 2 German A Language & Literature SL paper 2 German B HL paper 1 German B HL paper 2 German B SL paper 1 German B SL paper 2 German ab initio SL paper 1 German ab initio SL paper 2	Computer Science SL paper 1 ITGS HL paper 1 ITGS SL paper 1 Geography HL paper 1 Geography SL paper 1

May 19, 2014	Computer Science HL paper 2 Computer Science SL paper 2 ITGS HL paper 2 ITGS HL paper 3 ITGS SL paper 2 Geography HL paper 2 Geography HL paper 3 Geography SL paper 2	Computer Science HL paper 3 Chemistry HL paper 1 Chemistry HL paper 2 Chemistry SL paper 1 Chemistry SL paper 2 Design Technology HL paper 1 Design Technology HL paper 2 Design Technology SL paper 1 Design Technology SL paper 2
May 20, 2014	Chemistry HL paper 3 Chemistry SL paper 3 Design Technology HL paper 3 Design Technology SL paper 3	French A literature HL paper 1 French A Literature SL paper 1 French A Language & Literature HL paper 1 French A Language & Literature SL paper 1
May 21, 2014	French A Literature HL paper 2 French A Literature SL paper 2 French A Language & Literature HL paper 2 French A Language & Literature SL Paper 2 French B HL paper 1 French B HL paper 2 French B SL paper 1 French B SL paper 2	Further Mathematics HL paper 1 Business & Management HL paper 1 Business & Management SL paper 1 Social & Cultural Anthropology HL paper 1 Social & Cultural Anthropology SL paper 1 Global Politics HL paper 1 Global Politics SL paper 1

	French ab initio SL paper 1 French ab initio SL paper 2
May 22, 2014	Further Mathematics HL paper Business & Management HL paper 2 Business & Management SL paper 2 Social & Cultural Anthropology HL paper 3 Social & Cultural Anthropology SL paper 2 Global Politics HL paper 2 Global Politics SL paper 2	Spanish A Literature HL paper 1 Spanish A Literature SL Spanish A Language & Literature HL paper 1 Spanish A Language & Literature SL paper 1
May 23, 2014	Spanish A Literature HL paper 2 Spanish A Literature SL paper 2 Spanish A Language & Literature HL paper 2 Spanish A Language & Literature SL paper 2 Spanish B HL paper 1 Spanish B HL paper 2 Spanish B SL paper 1 Spanish B SL paper 1 Spanish ab initio SL paper 1 Spanish ab initio SL paper 2	Music HL paper 1 Music SL paper 1