Can we bubble? Yes, we can.
A perfect example of stupidity found in the new endless testing going on in our schools now courtesy of both parties. This is in a Kindergarten Test Prep kit sold by a group called Teachers pay Teachers. You would think they would know better.
Courtesy of Susan Ohanian's blog.
Don't blame Pearson for this one.
This worksheet is part of a 20-page packet of test prep materials for Kindergarten and Grade 1 sold by Teachers Pay Teachers--$5.
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Standardized-Test-Practice-for-the-Un-Common-Core-Math-Skills-522348
Arne Duncan is so very proud of his policy of endless testing. Pearson loves him. Look at all the new tests they get to produce. He has forgotten about the students' needs, about parents' expectations for them.....and it has reached a point where people actually expect his stupid statements. His latest one takes on a pretty powerful group.
‘White suburban moms’ upset that Common Core shows their kids aren’t ‘brilliant’
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan told a group of state schools superintendents Friday that he found it “fascinating” that some of the opposition to the Common Core State Standards has come from “white suburban moms who — all of a sudden — their child isn’t as brilliant as they thought they were, and their school isn’t quite as good as they thought they were.”
We need education leaders who are bright enough to understand that making great bubbles is not learning. I wonder how we got to such a place in country that there are political leaders who let people like Arne get away with this.
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That's funny. Thanks for sharing. 
don't erase completely, and others make very light bubbles. Still others will put marks in non-bubble parts of the scantron, and even bring in a stained or folded scantron form! This training reported in the OP is an extremely valuable addition to the K-12 curriculum! 
They look at me like I'm holding up a wand when I tell them to find the end of the ruler and then the six and measure against the line.
One of them asked the meaning of the word "refine" the other day.
It's not just scary, it's depressing. 
These are Kindergarten students.
As stated in his "apology" for wording his statement about white suburban moms badly. Not an apology really, to say he chose the wrong words.
As stated in the apology, here is his goal for education.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/18/politics/duncan-comment-controversy/
Duncan said his point was that the goal is to prepare U.S. students for a "globally competitive work force" and to challenge education leaders to better explain to parents why higher standards are needed and what it takes to achieve them.
Filling in bubbles to conform to test standards would certainly fit that goal.
He also said they needed a well-rounded curriculum. Those two goals are not compatible. Hard to train students as workers in a competitive world and give them a well-rounded education. The latter goal is already out the window.
Ok, now this can drop off the page again as most education reform posts do.
