Posted on Mar 14, 2017
NY dropping teacher literacy test amid claims of racism
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Label it Racist FTW.. Is it truly racism (institutionalized)
"At a time when the United States has plummeted in the global rankings of education standards, one of the country’s largest states is poised to scrap a test designed to measure the reading and writing skills of people trying to become teachers.
Citing the fact that an outsized percentage of black and Hispanic candidates were failing the test, members of the New York state Board of Regents plans to adopt a task force's recommendation to eliminate the literacy exam, known as the Academic Literacy Skills Test, given to prospective teachers."
"At a time when the United States has plummeted in the global rankings of education standards, one of the country’s largest states is poised to scrap a test designed to measure the reading and writing skills of people trying to become teachers.
Citing the fact that an outsized percentage of black and Hispanic candidates were failing the test, members of the New York state Board of Regents plans to adopt a task force's recommendation to eliminate the literacy exam, known as the Academic Literacy Skills Test, given to prospective teachers."
NY dropping teacher literacy test amid claims of racism
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So according to the Morons in the NYS Regents if a person can't pass a literacy test they should not be denied a teaching certificate? Uh huh. So the next question is how does ANYONE get a 4 year degree and fail to pass a literacy test? This post is another in my Top 5 imbecilic things that I have read.
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LTC Orlando Illi
I am constantly amazed at the inability of Liberals to engage in rational thought. This latest example of logic predicated upon an assumption that an individual with a 4 year degree cannot pass a simple literacy exam because of their race is ludicrous on its face. It is beyond belief that a State Board of Regents would even give credence to this imbecility
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Cpl Jeff N.
Yes, this is the soft bigotry of low expectations. There is no reason anyone, minority or not should finish 12 years of school or 12 years plus college and be illiterate. To try to hide behind a bad test is insulting to all who pass it easily and making excuses for those that cannot.
We continue to talk about the school system failing students and the U.S. sliding further down the scale in global scores in STEM. When you have teachers that have college degrees and are illiterate what hope to the kids learning from them have? Not much.
We should be raising the standards for teachers not doing away with them. English is English, math is math, science is science etc. The test are not discriminatory those taking it are undereducated.
We continue to talk about the school system failing students and the U.S. sliding further down the scale in global scores in STEM. When you have teachers that have college degrees and are illiterate what hope to the kids learning from them have? Not much.
We should be raising the standards for teachers not doing away with them. English is English, math is math, science is science etc. The test are not discriminatory those taking it are undereducated.
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Since an overwhelming amount of minority teachers can't pass the test, scraping the exam will really help the students. Right?
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M. Morris RVT
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