by Annie Gilbertson, scpr.org, 30 April 30th, 2014
Teachers and students often grumble about end of the year tests,but at the Los Angeles Unified School District, the complaints are mounting:
· iPads the district purchased to take new state competency tests aren’t getting online.
· They’re having trouble connecting to keyboards.
· And, in some cases, they’re not turning on at all.
"It took a while for it to work, and I only ended up answering three questions by the end of class," said Lia Peña, a junior at Hamilton High School in Culver City.
Peña's classmate, Antonia Lorenzo, compared the iPads' sluggish start to the healthcare.gov's numerous technical glitches.
"The whole system didn't work. When everyone goes on at once, it overloads it," she said.
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