tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post4419758519649509739..comments2024-03-28T05:52:13.519-07:00Comments on The Turner Report: Missouri schools preparing to take Common Core testsRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05760019501046060231noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-65094427361999337652015-01-18T05:19:48.179-08:002015-01-18T05:19:48.179-08:00Our MAP test was the 2nd or 3rd most rigorous test...Our MAP test was the 2nd or 3rd most rigorous test in the nation. The new smarter balance test will be the MAP test on steroids! Want to try for yourself? <br /><br />http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/ELA.htm<br /><br />http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/ELA.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-51729287534839598872015-01-17T21:13:47.274-08:002015-01-17T21:13:47.274-08:00When you hear administrators mixing words like &qu...When you hear administrators mixing words like "rigorous," into the conversation, it is usually an indication that they don't have the slightest idea of what they're talking about, but they have heard other administrators using the word and figured they had better not get left behind.<br /><br />Kind of like certain republiCONs using the words anal and feeding in the same Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985022.post-35765083437660277872015-01-17T19:45:42.403-08:002015-01-17T19:45:42.403-08:00So we're having these kids take a test on stan...So we're having these kids take a test on standards that we are supposedly changing. In addition, they have to type the answers (not just click with the mouse or enter a number or letter) at an age when that isn't even a realistic expectation. Oh! And it's timed. How do we make this idiocy stop?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com