Cut to Condon
From today’s New York Times:
California Postpones
Exit Exam
By GREG WINTER
aced with failure rates that could bar tens of thousands of students from graduating, the California State Board of Education voted yesterday to postpone the consequences of its high school exit exam for two years….
The reprieve in California is the latest example of the reticence some states have shown when it comes time to impose the significant consequences of the testing movement they have pushed so avidly in recent years. More than two dozen states now have some form of make-or-break exams.
Break. Cut to Condon.
Recommended reading and viewing:
Winter Kills, a novel by Richard Condon.
“Winter Kills,” a film based on the novel.
From a review of the film:
“Winter Kills‘s storytelling style is the narrative equivalent of throwing a bag over the audience’s head and pushing it down some dark stairs.”
Exactly the style needed for the California State Board of Education.
That’s sad, I took that stupid test and it asked almost insulting questions, such as basic fraction usage, multiplication, and identifying the predicate in a sentece. People that failed that exam deserve to not pass high school
Comment by analicia1 — Thursday, July 10, 2003 @ 2:11 pm