Parents have questions of their own about tests
By Scott Waldman
Published 8:38 pm, Saturday, March 30, 2013
Max Powers is worried that one test will keep him from graduating from fifth grade.
The 10-year-old from Albany now dreads school, worrying about the standardized exams he will take over a few days next month. That's when schoolchildren across the state in third through eighth grade will sit for their English and math standardized exams. And even though low scores won't keep them from graduating, the anxieties of many children, like Max, have parents questioning the values of the exams.
