Education officials to review state exams after error discovery: Fariña

[Privatizing education is going to result in mistake, after mistake and provide all most no recourse for the voters because it is out of hands of the state. ---Bozo]
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BY Ben Chapman
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, April 24, 2015, 6:50 AM
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City schools boss Carmen Fariña said Thursday Education Department officials will review state math and reading exams after two glaring errors were found in tests in the past two weeks.
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State education officials have admitted the problems with the 2015 exams, which are used in decisions to promote students, evaluate schools and rate teachers.
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And passages from the fourth-grade reading test were posted on Facebook Wednesday, adding to the fuss over the optional exams, which are supposed to remain secret.
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Fariña altered the school system's policy for promoting students to reduce the importance of the exams last year, but still says she supports the tests.
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"We always review and we always respond, and in some cases we make recommendations, as to what should happen next year," Fariña said when asked about the quality of the tests.
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One of the reading exams administered last week misstated the name of a character in a text students were asked about, state Education Department officials said.
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And a Russian-language version of the state math exam administered this week incorrectly contained passages in Korean.
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About 200 students who were affected by the translation mistake will be given an error-free, makeup version of the test.
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Critics of the exams object to their prominent place in school lesson plans, their level of difficulty and their use in decisions to promote students and evaluate teachers.
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A statewide opt-out count for the standardized reading exams administered last week exceeded 190,000, according to the anti-testing group United to Counter the Core.
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The group says 62,173 students have skipped out on state math tests given this week. Its unofficial tally is based on media reports and information provided by educators and parents.
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And more than 3,100 city students at 93 public schools skipped their state reading exams last week, according to a tally by the anti-testing group Change the Stakes.
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Education Department officials say it could be weeks before a complete tally of who took the tests is compiled.
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