Democratic senators said Minnesota’s testing provider, Pearson Education, would not be able to develop a remote testing option in the next few weeks. It would be impossible to control the at-home environment like a classroom to monitor for cheating, they said.<\/p>
“You can\u2019t have anything on the board that would give a student an unfair advantage. How can we ensure that is going to happen at home?” said state Sen. Mary Kunesh, DFL-New Brighton.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Huh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gotta hand it to the DFL. They know the value of keeping institutions, the ones vital to democracy, un-sullied by essentially sending them home on the honor system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yessirreebob. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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