Desert Trail<p>“My daughter’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iep</span></a> has to include <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accommodations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accommodations</span></a> for tablet use,” said friend, mother of a 3 year old. “What?” says I, “For a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prepreK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prepreK</span></a>? That can’t be right. I will ask an expert.” Expert consulted. Expert responds with rage explosion: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PreK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PreK</span></a> now require tablet based <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/assessments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assessments</span></a> of fucking <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/toddlers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toddlers</span></a> instead of authentic data collected by human professionals for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/portfolios" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>portfolios</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earlychildhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earlychildhood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/developmentallyinapropriate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>developmentallyinapropriate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Overtesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overtesting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stopthemadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stopthemadness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a></p>