Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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The tests aren’t going away. They’re required by federal law for school accountability purposes, and even harsh critics of tests say they’re one of the only ways to measure inequities between schools. And the stakes are heightened now: Test scores plummeted during the pandemic. Illinois is slated to spend $28.4 million on the test this school year.
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When the test scores are low … make the questions easier, then maybe we can have ‘equity’ in outcomes! Yahoo!
These chickens are stupid, stupid stupid!
“Still, advocates hold out hope that the new test, when it arrives, will be significantly different from the current one.”
“Different” isn’t the same thing as “better.”
It’s all the “everyone gets an A” PC-n-woke-n-“equity”-n-gender identity excuses-n-harruphery that makes creating a test to measure how well teachers have taught little Jimmy and Jane how to add, read and write so difficult.
That and the fact that in way, way too many schools, what happens in the building is far more about nanny-state day care than it is about education.
Is there any other state that allows teachers unions to dictate the requirements for State standardized test besides Illinois? What a complete joke on students, parents & taxpayers.
NO CHANCE.
Teachers are not in it for teaching, the CPS is totally broken.