Idaho logic | The Salt Lake Tribune

Idaho logic | The Salt Lake Tribune

From Robert Hoff:

Re “Idaho scraps science test requirement for students” (Tribune, Aug. 13):

It only took three years for Idaho’s State Board of Education to figure out how to get back at its science teachers. In 2007, the Idaho Science Teachers Association stood up for science education and church-state separation by declaring that “intelligent design,” the latest variant of creationism, has no place in science classes. This view mirrors that of the National Science Teachers Association.

Now the religious zealots who are Idaho’s education officials have decided to scrap the requirement that high school students must pass standardized tests in science before graduating, starting with the class of 2013.

Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna said the current system of too few tests is not an accurate measure of how students are performing in science, “not to the point that we would make it a graduation requirement.”

So, according to this logic, if something is broken, don’t fix it … throw it away! The problem with this solution is that it’s only logical in Idaho!

At times it really does feel as if the side of reason is losing.