Ay, caramba! Foreign language versions of school exams riddled with errors
State throws out 20 questions, blaming bad translations, from test versions in Spanish, Chinese, Haitian creole, Korean and Russian
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STATE OFFICIALS tossed out 20 questions from the foreign-language versions of the state math exam, citing sloppy translations, the Daily News has learned.
The latest revelations brought the total number of discredited state exam questions this year to 29, including six related to the infamous talking pineapple passage.
The foulups point to problems with the state’s $32 million contract with testing company Pearson, which is already taking heat over the previous mistakes.
“Clearly, Pearson can’t deliver what they were contracted to provide to the state, and our children are suffering for it,” said Patrick Sullivan, Manhattan representative to the city’s Panel for Educational Policy.
“State Education Department officials “are trying to increase the
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