Posted on 05/25/2007 11:42:02 AM PDT by gondramB
FORT WORTH — Students who had been planning to walk across the stage at graduation ceremonies this weekend were instead walking a picket line Thursday morning.
The Trimble Tech High School seniors marched in front of Fort Worth Independent School District headquarters to protest Wednesday's decision by trustees to bar students who failed the TAKS test from commencement exercises.
About a dozen young people, carrying signs and chanting, began picketing at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. They represent the 613 Fort Worth seniors who did not pass the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills exam
2. Did you notice the sign? What a poster child for standardized testing (pun intended)
LEFTARDS in the making.
>>LEFTARDS in the making.<<
Standardized tests are so easy and the bar is set so low that the only sane response is to look at why and how the kids could fail... but why bother when you can just blame the test?
Am I seeing this right?
Does her sign really say “Let are kids walk”???
BWAAAA-hahahaha!
I think the school admin has made their point!
Is that photoshopped?
You can’t graduate in AZ, or at least in Yuma, without passing the AIMS test, either (which I am gathering is the same type of test).
Thing is, you have Sophomore, Junior and Senior year to meet or exceed on it. If you exceed all three sections, I believe you get a huge break on in-state college prices.
I’m really not a fan of the idea of standardized testing being required for graduation, but I know that they bend over backwards to accomodate these kids and try to help them pass the thing.
“Is that photoshopped?”
Look at the source article. It is the same. I hope it is shopped.
-Traveler
LETS ARE KIDS BE WALKING AN S__T
How is that possible?
Crystal Martinez complained that while she finished at the top of her class with a 3.5 grade point average, she is now blocked from graduation by failing the TAKS test."We know we're not going to get our diplomas, but we just want to walk across the stage," Martinez said. "That's all we ask for right now."
School officials said non-graduating seniors will have a chance to take the TAKS test again in July. If they pass, they can participate in a separate commencement exercise in August.
ebonics ?
Crystal has a great future as a charmer in Advertising or PR if she can get a 3.5 GPA, yet flunk the bonehead test.
>>Those kids shouldn’t be barred from graduation. They should be put to sleep so they don’t pollute the gene pool. The standardized tests in TX are so unbelievably easy an 8th grader can pass them. If they can’t get a 70% passing grade on such remedial test problems then they probably have trouble remembering how to breath too.
Crack mom with the mispelled sign only reinforces my point.<<
I hope that is a mother instead of a student. I
Naughty. This is a pro-life venue.
I BE ROFLMAO AN S__T!
>> Crystal Martinez complained that while she finished at the top of her class with a 3.5 grade point average, she is now blocked from graduation by failing the TAKS test.
I remember being unhappy when I arrived at Georgia Tech and was told I could not start classes because my high school had not administered the Regents test. I didn’t even know it existed. So I wound up with not preparation in a room with the foreign freshmen.
I later asked our Headmaster why they had not warned me or prepped me or given the test. He said “if one of our boys need prep for a state test we don’t want to claim him anyway.”
How is that possible?
Grade inflation.
You just don’t get it......”We hav da rite to fail and you cain’t stop us”. I hope more schools do this. In fact, the schools should start showing silent movies so the kids have to learn to read.
I know... I just remember how much I hated taking these sorts of tests in HS. But they are a necessary evil.
Well then call me a troll, bring on the zot, suspend my account, and ban me. But I'll still vote conservative/republican over liberal/democrat every time, regardless of their pro-choice/pro-life stance.
Hey, you’re the Devil’s Advocate! You can say anything you want. That’s your job description.
;-)
LOL
It's "breathe", not "breath".
THX
You’re right. I was being intolerant by expecting standards. I apologize. :)
Several years ago, I helped tutor some students who had previously failed the TAKS Test as they prepared to take it again. Part of the tutoring required the students to read a selection aloud(to their tutors) and then answer some questions about it.
One student I worked with was a senior who seemed otherwise intelligent, but he could barely read. I was amazed that he struggled with reading and spelling the word “school,” over and over and over. Kids like that do not need to graduate high school.
Series question: don’t these kids take preparatory tests for the TAKS?
In VA (Fairfax County, at least) they test the kids every few years from elementary on, so by the time they have to take the graduation requirement test, the teachers/students/parents have had plenty of time to get the remedial work out of the way. Also, in VA as I understand it, the test is relatively easy and the passing grade low. So more of are kids can walk ;)
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry over that photo...
“Let are kids walk” ?
Did you see this ?
“Let are kids walk”
“Let are kids walk”? LOL, I can see why they failed.
She’s holding the sign backwards too. My guess is we are seeing her “first draft”. The final draft is on the front. Hopefully it’s a better sign than what we are seeing.
Not only grade inflation but the culture of many ghetto schools where the unwritten rule is if you come to class on a regular basis,do a minimum of work and don’t cuss out the teacher,you will get A’s and B’s because within the aforementioned culture,you stand out by merely being there and not causing trouble.
Interesting... I thought they just gave everyone such grades so that they would not lose their funding.
Nah,you have to at least show up ONCE in a while.I do see kids passing,however,after missing at least half the year with unexcused absences.They get C’s and D’s,however.
Come on,we have to uphold SOME standards in these parts!
“Let are kids walk” ?
Hey - not to worry. According to the standardized tests 'that thar's parfact anglish'.
/sacasm
;^D
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