Edu-Dystopia
One might think that the problems with the state's Pre-K/Kindergarten portfolio evaluation couldn't get any worse. But, we are dealing with the Tennessee Department of Education and failed leader Candice McQueen. These are the same people who brought us fake hacking and a monstrous TNReady dump truck.
Anyway, after this year's blame the teachers portfolio event, the state finally agreed to review portfolios and re-score them. In fact, the state offered $500 each to reviewers who would meet at centralized locations and on a single day (September 8th) to assess the portfolios in question. This would allow for immediate feedback and assistance should problems arise.
The good news: No assistance was necessary because problems didn't arise during the scoring.
The bad news: That's because there was no scoring as the state's vendor, Educopia, could not provide access to the portfolios in order for them to be graded.
This means trained reviewers sat in rooms around the state looking at blank screens instead of assessing portfolios. It means they were fed chicken sandwiches and then told to go home. It means they were promised $500 for the lost day.
Now, those same reviewers are awaiting further guidance. Ostensibly, they will be provided access to Educopia on Monday and have one full week to grade the portfolios. Additionally, Educopia has promised to pay each reviewer an additional $250.
If you're a Pre-K/K teacher waiting for your portfolio to be reviewed (again), you'll have to keep waiting.
Of course, you'll also soon be introduced to the new Portfolium platform. Maybe it will work. Maybe not.
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