re: PARCC Testing.... Really what is the point?

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Well, I'm sure the whole spying on millions of twitter and facebook accounts by the testing company, and then turning students into the state for investigation/discipline because they are too damn cheap to produce multiple forms of their test, pissed off some folks

but hey, why should I care? I mean its OK for the school to take my 16 year old for an abortion due to her privacy rights, but she better damn sure not post anything about a test question, because she has no privacy expectations on her own FB or twitter account

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This is the prime example of the false outrage. Twitter is a social media site that is designed for public communication (or attention grabbing) and keyword searches. Pearson has a lot riding on the integrity of their test. Twitter is a great medium to share information, including test questions and such. So keeping a lookout for certain keywords to ensure the integrity is rational. Some are acting like they are monitoring individual students, when that is unnecessary given the purpose of Twitter. Besides those same people would be criticizing Pearson if widespread cheating was occurring via social media.