More on Pearson's incompetence; and a Pearson protest rally on May 23
So yes, Pearson made yet more errors in scoring the Gifted and Talented exams; caught again by a NYC parent and announced late on Friday. I was quoted in the Daily News saying given Pearson's perpetual incompetence, DOE should immediately cancel its contract and Walcott said he would "consider" this. (For more on the Pearson errors, seePost, Times, , NY1, SchoolBook, WSJ).
This is on top of all the other problems in the 3-8th grade state exams designed by Pearson exams year. And of course, the Pineapple question last year
Yet the reality is that Pearson has 18 current contracts with DOE, which are downloadable at the Clearview webpage on the Comptroller's website. These contracts include the exam for admission to the specialized science high schools, which has never been independently vetted for validity or lack of racial bias.
How many errors has Pearson made in the design and scoring of this exam, which has had a hugely disparate