tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9467243.post7695377642595740719..comments2024-01-25T13:40:18.832-06:00Comments on Education in Texas: Let's Take Care of What's Really ImportantMike in Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00635962989639829455noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9467243.post-46840017767005356002008-01-25T21:10:00.000-06:002008-01-25T21:10:00.000-06:00I have another saying I use about the usefulness o...I have another saying I use about the usefulness of things in my building: "When an administrator is out, no substitute is required."Dr Pezzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09160506091556539766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9467243.post-57091733699700773282008-01-23T23:37:00.000-06:002008-01-23T23:37:00.000-06:00Lest we forget about the new mother of all standar...Lest we forget about the new mother of all standardized tests: FitnessGram, or as I like to call it, the FATS test. Fitness Assessment Texas Style. Read more about it here: http://www.fitnessgram.net/texas/<BR/><BR/>All exams must be completed on ALL 3rd through 12th grade students before the end of the year with repeated exams at intervals in the future. Joy. To quote one of my principals, "Do you want them to read, or do you want them thin?" So does that mean All fat kids=well-read?<BR/><BR/>Then we have the male coaches who are now REQUIRED by law to grab girls' skin under on their bodies and stretch it to measure. Hmmmm. See any issues here yet?Scott S. Floydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05535489986712327244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9467243.post-64947155673948342282008-01-21T20:05:00.000-06:002008-01-21T20:05:00.000-06:00Indeed. Isn't it fascinating that the TAKS test i...Indeed. Isn't it fascinating that the TAKS test is the alpha and the omega, indispensible testing perfection itself, until the next indispensible test comes along to supplant it, as TASS was supplanted by TAKS? And isn't it fascinating that the TEA is embarking on a horrendously demanding security regime in the final year or two of the TAKS test?<BR/><BR/>I have it on good authority that the security of the TAKS test is so important, so vital to safety of the nation--in fact the new rules promise dismissal for any teacher who so much as looks at the thing--that it has already been leaked to the New York Times who will shortly expose it to every Islamic terrorist on the planet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com