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Let me get this straight. Measurable academic outcomes "...should not be used to shame any individual teacher or our district...and shouldn’t be over-used or weaponized against anybody..." says the person who supervises this ongoing disaster. Maybe it's time some people WERE shamed! Naturally, the union head weighs in by blaming the test which, curiously, seems to do a pretty good job of measuring proficiency throughout Massachusetts and most parts of RI, but not Warwick. Like it or not, the test is both valid and reliable. Then the school committee apologist tells us that "...some students are just bad test takers", while overlooking the glaring fact that a disproportionate number of these "bad test takers" seem to magically reside in Warwick. Somehow, the very same test seems to sit rather well with folks a couple of miles to the south in East Greenwich, where the new 2018-19 results reflect a proficiency (i.e. Employability) rate of 75.9% in Math vs. Warwick at 25.4%. That discrepancy is simply staggering! Mr. Testa (whom I do not know) doesn't appear to buy this rampant and ingrained lack of accountability, nor should Warwick taxpayers.