Texas has had its share of headaches when it comes to testing.  Does anyone else remember the TECAT?  That was a test that every Texas teacher had to take to keep on trucking.  It was an absurd, expensive ordeal where teachers were treated like cattle because lawmakers weren't sure that they were educated enough ...

Test yourself on three questions from the 2004 standard eighth-grade reading test released by the Virginia Department of Education.  I credit washingtonpost.com with sharing this and making me laugh this morning, and I needed a laugh today.  So, go ahead, read the poem, and test yourself. Dragonflies Shimmering, they ...