the district, and the state. this is something that i think most of us are used to. i would not say we all agree with the changes all of the time but it may be easy to sit back and say “ah – a new test…oh well”. from what i can tell the intention behind the change is good but putting it into practice and some of the decisions associated with it are not so much. as a parent i tend to wait and see. in the end will it matter? the bottom line is there will be some sort of change and this change has affected my daughter. i 