I have got to quit reading the paper if I want to keep my sanity

We have a math curriculum which will see its first graduation test in the spring.

When the math curriculum was first envisioned a decade ago, the idea was that there would be an end of course test at the end of several courses instead of the graduation test, since an end of course test is more timely.

The current end of course tests count 15% of the grade.

The current graduation test is high stakes. If you don't pass it you don't graduate.

Oh, we have 9 end of course tests and 5 graduation tests for them to take in high school.

They announced today that the class of 2015 will not have to take a graduation test and their end of course tests will count 25% of the grade.

Remember my first paragraph? We are rolling out a new math graduation test in March 2011 which will go away in 2015.

We are idiots.