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It is difficult to put into words the Keystone Cops-ian farce that is TNReady.
First, online testing went belly-up. Then the paper test wasn’t ready on time. And then it wasn’t ready again.
There’s a ho-hum silence from Nashville, as testing corporations fleece us for millions. There’s the jagged, 50-espresso stress teachers feel.
And when Test Day does finally roll around – again – state officials choose the worst time of all: the Monday after Daylight Savings Time expires, the most sleep-deprived morning of the year for our kids.
In times like this, we need powerful words.