{"id":6638,"date":"2012-04-23T10:44:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T14:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=6638"},"modified":"2012-04-23T10:44:31","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T14:44:31","slug":"new-york-pulls-the-hare-and-the-pineapple-from-state-reading-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/04\/23\/new-york-pulls-the-hare-and-the-pineapple-from-state-reading-test\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Pulls “The Hare and the Pineapple” From State Reading Test"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New York Department of Education<\/p>

The New York education department released the controversial The Hare and the Pineapple reading test section Friday.<\/p><\/div>\n

The New York education department took the unusual step of releasing a state reading test <\/a>section last week after Internet buzz about the confusing passage and questions built to a roar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The passage was called the “Hare and the Pineapple,” and was authored by children’s author Daniel Pinkwater<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Typically test questions are not released to the public.<\/p>\n

The story strikes the tone of a fable, with a talking pineapple challenging a talking hare to a race. The forest critters spend the rest of the story trying to suss out the pineapple’s intentions in throwing down the gauntlet to the hare.<\/p>\n

The passage is best read<\/a>, rather than explained.<\/p>\n

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New York students quickly emailed Pinkwater about the test question. The story — and complaints — was passed around Facebook groups<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pinkwater wrote an op-ed in the New York Daily News<\/em><\/a> indicating regret for selling his story to testing companies. The story was absurd, Pinkwater wrote, so asking multiple choice questions based on the story is also absurd.<\/p>\n

“Well, I accepted money from sleazy people for what turns out to be a sleazy thing,” Pinkwater wrote in the NYDN<\/a>. “But that is good too! That\u2019s what a lot of celebrities do. Do I want another 15 minutes? Nah. One is plenty.”<\/p>\n

The New York test contractor, Pearson, is the same as Florida’s test contractor. Last week, a Florida blogger noted problems with practice questions<\/a> on the FCAT science tests.<\/p>\n

Friday the New York education department said they were throwing out the section of the test and it would not count toward student scores.<\/p>\n

The moral? Maybe standardized tests should have no sleeves?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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