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Saturday, March 15, 2014

Geaux Teacher!: SBAC Test "NOT READY" as Scheduled!

Geaux Teacher!: SBAC Test "NOT READY" as Scheduled!:



SBAC Test "NOT READY" as Scheduled!



My letter to members of the Louisiana House Education Committee on the eve of hearing proposed legislation to return Louisiana education to Louisiana!

Ladies and Gentlemen - 

"As teachers and school administrators learned on Friday, the Common Core Smarter Balanced Assessment Field Test isn’t (quite) ready to be given.
Years in the making and the consortium behind the absurd Common Core test informed partner states on Friday that things would not be ready to go this coming Monday, as scheduled.
The “shocking new” should come as no surprise to many since the companies developing the tests have had massive problems all the way along.  Early benchmark tests froze computers and eventually crashed school Internet networks in many schools."


There is no doubt in my mind that the concept of NATIONAL standards, curriculum and testing will be seen in hindsight as a national disgrace.  Everyone on the same page at the same time will be required if our performance on a national test will