A "Pink '57 Quandary"

First: THE STATEMENT...

So it's been determined by state-mandated tests that a majority of our students are not "proficient" in Language Arts and/or Math. According to those tests our students are way behind in English and Math compared to the students in other, more successful, districts. Test after test has shown this (approximately 20 class days of state or district mandated tests).

Now: THE QUANDARY...

If we keep losing so many days and classes for testing how will we ever catch up to the "proficient" schools? With so many days devoted to testing (not learning), are our students destined to languish in the lower levels of the "data mine"? What a cruel joke... a test that was originally developed to level the playing field for all students in the state turns out to be the engine of inequality of education.