A Moo-Moo Here, and Better Test Scores Later ~ October 20, 2009 New York Times Article

Javier C. Hernandez's October 20, 2009 New York Times article A Moo-Moo Here, and Better Test Scores Later features Harlem Success Academy, a chain of charter schools in New York whose educators have drawn the connections between field trips and the test taking results of school-aged children. One emphasis is on connecting urban children with the details of rural life... ON FARMS!

This article highlights an excursion a group of kindergartners took to the Queens County Farm Museum (a field trip site of the November Farm-Based Education Conference) and as well offers a downloadable view of the New York State Testing Program's, January 2009 English Language Arts Test, Book 3 - an interesting view of one puzzle piece in the "teaching to the test" debate.

A Moo-Moo Here, and Better Test Scores Later
New York Times article by Javier C. Hernandez
October 20, 2009

Javier C. Hernandez is an education reporter for the New York Times, keeping an eye on the city's 1,500 schools, 90,000 teachers and 1.1 million students. You can follow him on Twitter.