Is NY Gov. Cuomo ‘smarter than a 5th grader?’ A GOP pol wants him to take a Common Core test and prove it

Greg P. | 7:50 AM on April 03, 2015

Republican New York State Assemblyman Jim Tedisco has a simple request for Governor Andrew Cuomo:

If the Governor thinks the Holy Grail of education is testing, he should take the 5th grade math and ELA tests and publicly post his results because I don’t think he’s smarter than a 5th grader.

Yes! EVERY politician should have to do this!!!

My latest @timesunion blog: Is Gov. Cuomo smarter than a 5th grader? http://t.co/IiCo9lSlAa

— Senator Jim Tedisco (@JamesTedisco) April 2, 2015

James Tedisco, R, Assemblyperson, ex-teacher, speaking against nonsense of developmentally inappropriate testing. He speaks for me.

— Arthur Goldstein (@TeacherArthurG) March 31, 2015

NY pol to Cuomo take Common Core tests 'I believe you won't prove you're smarter than a fifth-grader' http://t.co/ELGQmUmRnD via @DCExaminer

— Maria Recio (@MERTXDC) April 3, 2015

From the Washington Examiner:

“Governor, if you’re listening, I’ve got a challenge for you,” Tedisco said on the floor of the New York State Assembly Tuesday. “If you think the Holy Grail of improving our education is Common Core testing, I got a challenge. I want you to sit in the Red Room, I’ll bring in the fifth-grade Common Core math test, the fifth-grade Common Core English test, and then we’ll evaluate what your scores are and we’ll release them to the public. And I believe you won’t prove you’re smarter than a fifth-grader when we’re done.”