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It is a wise man who plants a tree in the shade of which he knows he will never sit. -- Greek proverb --

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. -- Robert Louis Stevenson --

From On High - Coming to you from a secured redoubt on Big Walker Mountain in the heart of Virginia's Blue Ridge.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Can't Be Havin' This

Half of Virginia's public school students who took the state-mandated Standards of Learning test have failed:

See "Virginia students' math scores plunge."

The manner in which basic algebra and geometry questions were asked have been changed this year, causing the "plunge."

Expect the tests to be scrapped in favor of easier tests.

Education be damned ...

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The call goes forth: Dumb down the test!  And it comes from the Roanoke Times editorial page.  Naturally.

1 comments:

WickedDickie said...

Hopefully, for not much longer. Farewell, (I orig. misspelled it Farwell) Roanoke Pravda-Democrat. On the plus side, those folks might, just might, find honest work. Y'forgot all that self-esteem the kids got and they know how to put a condom on and vote Democrat Party of Death.