Smagorinsky: Millions spent on testing in Georgia could be better spent

The millions of dollars spent in Georgia on student testing could be spent in ways that could have an ameliorative effect on the causes of poverty and thus a beneficial effect on schooling, writes UGA Distinguished Research Professor of Language and Literacy Education Peter Smagorinsky in a June 24 essay co-written by retired school superintendent Jim Arnold in the _Washington Post's_ "Answer Sheet" blog.