As noted by Nancy Tipton at ABQJournal.com, the New Mexico Public Education Department is having a 2:00 p.m. news conference to announce the release of 2009 Standards Based Assessment (i.e., testing) and tap dance around the bad news while overly gloating on the good.
You know, a press conference.
More important to the dweebier among us, the PED website has a spankin' new webpage this morning (suave silhouettes of kids in thoughtful, yet playful poses included) which, for now, solely tells us:
AYP 2009 will be available after 2pm on Monday, August 3, 2009Like "AYP 2009" is the next "Star Wars" installment, and we're a bunch of uber-nerds who will stand outside the movie house for hours/days to be first in line when the movie/scores come out.
Sad to say, that analogy fits me to a very perfectly formed "T". I am already wearing my AYP helmet, and hold a plastic "light saber" with the words "Annual Measurable Outcomes" painted on it with White-Out. It's damn hard to type while holding a plastic "light saber", I can tell you.
More later. Remember, I'm first in line, even if I have to go to the bathroom.
P.S.: Edit...As "Results Day 2009" unfolded, I blabbed more and more about the whole thing. Those looking for a bit of "analysis" on it all can look here.
4 comments:
Are you going, Scot?
Evan: I'm guessing you refer to the press conference. Actually, the idea of going had not occurred to me.
And after thinking about your question a bit, I've put together a list of press conferences I would actually attend, especially if conducted in Santa Fe.
1. Earthly return of Christ/Mohammed/Honus Wagner/other deity sort of person.
Okay, that's the list. I can't think of any other situation in which I would willingly go to a Santa Fe press conference.
Actually, I only realized it was in Santa Fe a few minutes ago... whoops.
To me the kids at the top of the spiffy new PED web site look a bit like streetwalkers.
Bad web site, however. VERY hard to navigate!
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