The cause of the decline in handwriting may lie not so much in computers as in standardized testing. The Federal Government’s landmark 1983 report A Nation at Risk, on the dismal state of public education, ushered in a new era of standardized assessment that has intensified since the passage in 2002 of the No Child Left Behind Act. “In schools today, they’re teaching to the tests,” says Tamara Thornton, a University of Buffalo professor and the author of a history of American handwriting. “If something isn’t on a test, it’s viewed as a luxury.” —Clare Suddath, Time (via Annette Vee’s Facebook posting)
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