CAT Tracks for December 20, 2012
NOT YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S ASSESSMENT


From the Las Vegas Sun Website...

No. 2 pencils to give way to computers in testing school students


OH-MY-GOD!

This is a disaster in the making...

...call it the revenge of the nerds!

Instead of No. 2 pencils, kids must be adept at wielding light sabers...


And, I'm sorry...

...what part of "standardized test" do they not understand?!

Instead of everybody taking the same test, everybody takes a personally tailored test?!

We were already having "technical difficulties" comparing students based on their performance on one test, how are we going to fare at no test fits anybody?


And pity the poor teachers...

...whose hiring and firing depends on the new world of testing.


But...

...look at the bright side!

Tomorrow is December 21, 2012...

...the end of the Mayan calendar...

...the end of days!

Assume the position:

You know...

...bend over, place your head between your legs, and kiss your assessment goodbye!