[zeugma]

Critically — and despite being listed in workflow documents as a prerequisite — Pearson’s software was not ready prior to the start of the project. District administrators were only provided with samples.

This means that in effect, the district bought iPads to run software that did not yet exist.

In other words, the school district is run by idiots. Big surprise there.

[Star Traveler]

If they had done a small sampling, then it’s entirely possible that through the back and forth of testing a small sample, they could have fixed problems before rolling it out to the entire district. Then everyone would have been happy!

But, they jumped in with both feet without working it through first ... that’s not advisable.