tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post5308261794627384261..comments2023-12-24T05:39:44.753-06:00Comments on Mike Klonsky's Blog: After all the threats and bullying of parents, IL dumps the PARCC Mike Klonskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02017021676773731024noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-133521035538248322.post-71831065471277421762016-07-12T23:30:46.752-05:002016-07-12T23:30:46.752-05:00As a resident of the state where the former chair ...As a resident of the state where the former chair of the PARCC board was simultaneously chair of the state board of education - Massachusetts (no conflict of interest, of course), I'm quite content to see yet another state ditch the PARCC. <br /><br />But here's something else - the SAT, which measures nothing at all, is to be used as an exit exam from high school - a purpose for which it is sublimely not intended. And, Illinois taxpayers foot the bill for all the high schoolers now compelled to sit for the exam, instead of the parents and students whose aspirations are to attend a college which requires SAT scores. I can hear the ka-ching of the College Board's coffers from afar. <br /><br />Christine LanghofflaMissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00516322307725011313noreply@blogger.com