Paul “The Standardized Testing Master” Vallas Does The Victory Dance!
by jonpelto
This week, the children who attend Bridgeport’s Public School are having the opportunity to spend four days take a whole new round of standardized tests. Thanks to Paul Vallas, Bridgeport’s “interim” superintendent, who is collecting $229,000 plus benefits for a part-time commitment to the city’s schools, decided to diverted scarce resources away from instruction and to more testing, despite the fact that students took the same basic standardized tests just 90 days ago
Vallas, and his ever-growing cadre of out-of-state consultants, announced that there is a “lull” in teaching after standardized tests so in order to make sure that Bridgeport’s teachers are doing their job, and teach all the way till the end of the schools year, there would be a mandated round of tests for all Bridgeport children. (These would be in addition to the end-of-the-year finals.)
Yesterday, the tests arrived from Riverside Publishing, a subsidiary of the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Company. Riverside is conveniently located in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, just
