POTEMKIN VILLAGE TEST SCORES

As a result of the latest round of meaningless high stakes exams 97% of the schools racked up letter grades of A or B. What is the sense of giving the tests if every school comes out a winner? Now the Gang of Two claim the exams will be tougher next year. Why don't we jsut scrap the high stakes tests altogther? Think of all the money the Department of Educaiton could save?

GUESS YOUR WAY INTO COLLEGE

The August 12, 2009 Daily News reported that most students can pass the state-wide sixth and seventh grade English exams simply by guessing the correct answers. Thanks to the miracle of rubrics, a student need only get a few short answer questions correct to obtain a passing score. This amazing academic feat can easily be performed by just randomly guessing the answers for each question. No wonder city-wide test scores are going through the roof under Klein and Bllomberg.