Actor Matt Damon rallies teachers in Washington

Actor Matt Damon rallied teachers Saturday at a march in Washington decrying the widespread use of standardized testing to judge how well teachers, students and schools are performing.

According to founder Anthony Cody A group of teachers and education advocates organized the Save Our Schools March in an effort to inspire change in standardized testing policies.
Teachers marched to the White House, chanting "Save our schools" and other slogans and carrying signs.

Damon, whose mother is an educator, said he achieved his successes in large part because teachers at the public schools he attended were not forced to focus on "silly test prep" and instead could work to educate.

" None of these qualities that I just mentioned, none of these qualities that I prize so deeply, none of these qualities that have brought me so much joy, that have made me so successful professionally, none of these qualities that make me who I am can be tested," he said.

(CNN News)