Humor: Texas Testing

[S Brisco <sbrisco021@CHARTER.NET>]

This just came to me today...too cute!

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 Since the average half life of previous state-wide tests (TABS,
TEAMS, TAAS) has been 5 years, "we" have decided it is not too
 early to plan the next test.

 To tie it into the Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS) we have the
 Motivationally Effective Kit of Surprises  (MEKS)   (thus....TEKS - MEKS).

 The new instrument will be the Texas Assessment of Cognitive
 Operations (TACO). It will have a remedial version (soft TACO), a
 regular version (hard TACO), and an advanced version which has
 so many pages it is quite fat (the Gordita).

 It will be graded on a normed curve (the TACO bell).

 Districts will be offered a final report of their standings:
 the Summative Administrative Assessment Survey (SAAS--pronounced sauce).

 Ratings may be excellent (TACO bueno), satisfactory (mild SAAS)
 or unsatisfactory (hot SAAS).

Districts receiving the latter will be put on probation with a
Basic Educational Appraisal - Not Satisfactory  (BEANS).

 A second failing rating earns the dreaded supplement:
 REmediation FactoRs IdentifiED
 (REFRIED BEANS), which will cause a lot of hot air at meetings.


~Shonda Brisco
Trinity Valley School
Ft. Worth, Texas
sbrisco021@charter.net

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