HUNGER STRIKE, DAY 32 -- 70% fail PARCC exam. Duncan calls it, 'telling the truth"
Test results for IL's 2,000,000 students have plummeted to their lowest point in a decade. They purport to show nearly 70% of them failing the PARCC. Pearson will deliver the rest of the test results on Monday and then it will take the state board two more weeks to check the data. But the results were a foregone conclusion long before the tests were given.
Rauner's schools chief Tony Smith, whistling past the graveyard.
DAY 32 of the Dyett hunger strike. Don't miss Carol Marin's excellent interviewMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: HUNGER STRIKE, DAY 32 -- 70% fail PARCC exam. Duncan calls it, 'telling the truth":
Rauner's schools chief Tony Smith, whistling past the graveyard.
"I think the promise of PARCC is greater than the promise of most of the other assessments we’ve ever had. Kids can test to the edge of their knowledge."Arne Duncan agrees...
"It actually doesn't concern me at all. What Illinois and many other states are doing is finally telling the truth." (EdWeek)Yes, the truth. Duncan doesn't even have to see the numbers to know that they tellthe truth. In fact, numbers only confuse him.
DAY 32 of the Dyett hunger strike. Don't miss Carol Marin's excellent interviewMike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: HUNGER STRIKE, DAY 32 -- 70% fail PARCC exam. Duncan calls it, 'telling the truth":
