As teachers we’ve listened to years of political hacks telling us how important standardized tests were, how schools needed their feet held to the fire and how if it wasn’t measured it wouldn’t improved.
Well, Texas politicians and school officials have proven that tests are not really that important. Seems there was a little problem in scheduling. Texas primaries were scheduled on the same day as TAKS testing in the schools, and since a large number of polling places are in schools school officials and the governor decided to reschedule the mostly pointless primaries.
Just kidding of course. Instead they moved the all important, schools have to be accountable through standardized test, TAKS test to a day later.
Via the Corsicana Daily Sun.
Source: Mike in Texas