In a never seen FOIA from the future, an important memo concerning the Smarter Balanced Assessment will come to light. Back in the fall, the DOE was tossing around ideas to rename the Smarter Balanced Assessment. This was the top ten list:
1) Murphy’s Law
2) Smarter 2.0
3) Student Capital Assessment
4) Charter Builder
5) Rigor, Not Vigor
6) Rodel & Friends
7) The GBDJ (stands for Governor, Barbieri, Dukes & Jaques)
8) Penny For Your Thoughts
9) It Doesn’t Matter What We Call It, We’re Still Gonna Take Your Schools And Fire Your Teachers
10) Duncan’s Donuts
And yet, somehow, they stuck with “Smarter” as the hipsters down there like to call it… Happy Mother’s Day to all the awesome Moms out there! We would all be nothing without you!
The Season Of Myths 