“No one knows what to do. They are in panic mode. Watch the videos. Parents are outraged. School officials are in hunker-down mode. The top educational official in the country is the Secretary of Education. She says this: no problem! Parents should not be alarmed, she says. The test results will ‘give a clear picture of where our students are on the trajectory toward college and career readiness.’ Yes, they do. The kids are not ready. Then, she added, don’t blame tax-funded education. No, no, no. ‘The lower proficiency rates that we will see . . . do not reflect that teachers are teaching less or students are learning less.’”
