I am thankful for the students being very patient today during the PARCC test when the internet went down.
— Mr.KaminskiMath (@MrKaminskiMath) March 2, 2015
Across the country, teachers and students have been forced to disrupt regular academic classroom time to prepare and review for the Common Core-aligned PARCC tests. Many school districts were forced to acquire special technology just for the tests. Other school districts have been forced to ration limited numbers of computers to accommodate the time-sucking testing schedule.
As Twitchy reported earlier today, hundreds of students in New Mexico walked out on the disruptive testing administration–while some administrators have resorted to bribing their students to take the test.
Meanwhile, here’s another way school districts have become “NO PARCC-ing” zones: Internet and computer crashes.
Couldn't even take the PARCC because all the computers crashed.
— selena (@spoonfulsofbway) March 2, 2015
So funny how all the computers crashed taking the parcc
— meaghan (@xxmeaghaanxx33) March 2, 2015
https://twitter.com/julieeisfab/status/572410730370224129
First day of #PARCC testing andddddd the Internet is down #fail
— JB (@jayyyyybeee) March 2, 2015
First day of #PARCC testing and the Internet is down in the whole district!!!! Hahaha if this isn't a sign idk what is!! ??? #teacherlife
— Teresa Marie (@tbaby1048) March 2, 2015
When the Internet goes down in the middle of the PARCC test pic.twitter.com/10qh7VgSqt
— TheNIB-0 (@NIBXIITruth) March 2, 2015
“All 25 laptops said ‘no Internet connection.' Well, unfortunately, the test is run through the Internet." #PARCC http://t.co/yJP7vmXQTt
— StateImpact Ohio (@StateImpactOH) February 24, 2015
More failure means more waste.
.@DrHutchings PARCC+Internet fail=another wasted school day for my student #testmania
— Jo (Johnine) Byrne (@SeeYourWords) February 25, 2015
Better luck next time, kid…
https://twitter.com/GiannaGutierr12/status/571063541731610624