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Can it get more absurd? Now music teachers are being tested based on math and reading scores

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imageMusic teachers are being evaluated on subjects they do not teach.Author provided

Ms Matthews was apprehensive as she opened the envelope containing her evaluation report. She had worked hard over the summer, taking graduate classes to learn some new teaching strategies to help her students improve their music listening and reading skills. She had...

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