Morrison never made the sustained effort needed to write even passable free verse, and his
emotional range — from petulant narcissism to dead - serious angst — is far
narrower than the least of his poetic idols.
Concerned that high - stakes testing was
narrowing student assessment down to a few scores, teachers and administrators in one Illinois district developed a system to assess a
range of skills — including critical thinking and social -
emotional skills — they wanted students to master by the time they left school.