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<STAGE WHISPER>
Standardized tests, even when administered fairly, favor the rich.
Last night, I was reading to our 5 year-old while my wife helped our 9 year-old with his math homework. They got stuck on a problem. I came over to help.
Our 9 year-old's math curriculum is run largely through @pearson's computerized system, and it focuses on turning math into word problems, and it's complete garbage. The idea is great, but the writing of these word problems is next-level bad.
My wife, who has a masters degree and is remarkably smart, didn't understand a nuance of a certain sentence. My kid totally didn't grok it. The only reason I understood the sentence was because sentence structure is LITERALLY MY ENTIRE JOB.
Anyway, watching my poor kid suffer through the shit-level technical writing @pearson forces onto him has really driven home that the whole system is rigged.
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