tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308964298576800492.post4216832532171315357..comments2013-05-22T12:26:35.993-07:00Comments on Coach K's Math Blog: SBAC Pilot Test for Mathrichkonarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385456705091200695noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308964298576800492.post-44499512574935195912013-05-22T12:26:35.993-07:002013-05-22T12:26:35.993-07:00But PIP, you test what you value. The standards ar...But PIP, you test what you value. The standards are irrelevant. Only the tests matter. And I can take any set of standards - good, bad, or indifferent - and construct assessments to get a predetermined, desired result. Can't you? <br /><br />You may be starting to wake up to what's going on, or at least to the first truly meaningful phase of it. There's still time to resist, to fight back, to say, "No!"<br /><br />Michael Paul Goldenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939966966192318775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4308964298576800492.post-42776995369201759612013-05-22T10:30:31.572-07:002013-05-22T10:30:31.572-07:00Sounds "awesome". At times like these I...Sounds "awesome". At times like these I hope we separate the Common Core -standards- from the Common Core -exams-. It's hard to separate them sometimes in rhetoric, but in this case it sounds as though this exam did not properly test the Common Core standards.<br /><br />I'd definitely be interested in more details on the nature of the tech issues or the nature of the topics that were repeatedly tested.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com