How a test this important turned out this bad
Read the notes of our discussion with a state Education Department official here. Diane Knight repeatedly told us that she and other state officials “do the best we can under the circumstances.” BrownieTheCow.org is just beginning to understand the circumstances of the state’s multi-year contract with CTB/McGraw Hill to develop the test, and CTB/McGraw Hill’s track record in developing and administering student writing tests in New York and other states.
The more we know about the process used by the Education Department and CTB/McGraw Hill to develop and score these tests, the more this process seems tailor-made to produce fiascos such as the Brownie the Cow writing test.