This past week, a 49 year old Principal in New York, unfortunately committed suicide, among allegations that she was responsible for changing test scores for her third graders' English Common Core exams. The test scores of those third graders were subsequently "thrown out". If the scores of the third graders who unnecessarily stressed over the exams for the weeks leading up to their treacherous three days of examination, were just "thrown out", then how important can they be to the future of those students? I mean, they are now gone...no record of how they performed...no measure of their comprehension through the third grade? Will their academic futures forever be ruined? Will they have reduced opportunities for scholarships and college acceptance? Will they be turned away from their first job? Denied a loan application? I mean...I am petrified that they will be at a disadvantage when compared to the rest of the students in the country who took, and had the tests scored!
Obviously there has been a great deal of sarcasm inserted here...more obviously: the value of testing third graders so strenuously should be examined for its true benefits!
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