Time limits on teacher licensing tests measure the wrong thing

This commentary is by Ben Mitchell, a reading interventionist at Riverside Middle School in Springfield and the publisher of Divergents Magazine.In January I found myself at my computer, watching a digital clock aggressively count down the seconds. As a reading teacher in a Vermont public middle school, I love my job; this work challenges me to be my very best. Nevertheless, because I am on a provisional license, my entire career hinges on a number. Vermont requires a score of 164 on the Middle