More firsthand evidence of the bureaucratic stupidity:
Texas was so pissed off about Common Core--because it came from a Democratic president, basically--that the Texas legislature actually banned it in 2013, and commissioned the design of a different program. So as of this year we use the TEKS standards, which is no better, it's just another fucking acronym for the same stupid problem.
Meanwhile, Minifob had to take the STAAR standardized test last month, still required for all 3rd graders by the state. (He will also continue to take versions of this test in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade, then the testing from 7th-12th becomes different but still the same.) But the new TEKS guidelines have not yet decided what a passing score is. So now we all know how many questions our kids got right, but no one has any idea if they actually passed. In an email from the principal today:
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We will receive an updated report sometime this fall that will indicate what decision has been made regarding the passing standards and which students have passed/failed.
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They can't even decide what the results of their own arbitrary tests mean.