NYC Public School Parents: The Pineapple and the Hare: Pearson's absurd, nonsensical ELA exam, recycled endlessly throughout country;

NYC Public School Parents: The Pineapple and the Hare: Pearson's absurd, nonsensical ELA exam, recycled endlessly throughout country;:

The Pineapple and the Hare: Pearson's absurd, nonsensical ELA exam, recycled endlessly throughout country;

by Leonie Haimson

There was a ridiculous passage on Tuesday’s 8^th grade NY State ELA exam about a Pineapple and a Hare, along with some absurd questions.  Here is a comment about the passage from a student:

I had this same story for my 8th grade ELA New York state test! Everybody was talking about it afterward & how it didn't make any sense. I read the story at least 5 times over because i was so confused and the story made no sense to me! Also, the questions that came after it was confusing!

Apparently, the same reading passage and associated questions have been recycled by Pearson for standardized exams in Florida, Illinois, Delaware, New Mexico, Arkansas, Alabama, and perhaps other states, causing huge confusion among students for at least the last seven years. 

If you would like to read the nonsensical story, by Daniel Pinkwater, it is online. 

There is even a Facebook page about this absurd reading passage