Fresh Jersey Pineapples
We've all heard about the ridiculous question about a pineapple and a hare that showed up on this year's New York 8th Grade state exam. Pineapplegate, I'm afraid, is only going to be the tip of the iceberg (lettuce?). Gary Rubinstein, for example, has been analyzing the many flaws in New York's math exams.
Let's add this example in New Jersey to the growing list:
Let's add this example in New Jersey to the growing list:
Can you keep a secret?
Apparently, some third-graders in Marlboro K-8 public schools couldn’t: They were asked on the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge earlier this week to reveal a secret they have and to explain why it’s hard to keep. A few came home and told their parents, some of whom weren’t pleased.
“That is an outrageous question and totally inappropriate to ask school children,” said Richard Goldberg, 41, whose twin 9-year-old boys told him about “the secret question” after school Tuesday. “What right does the education system have to put children in such a difficult
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