[shag377]

I could see the falsifying and withholding students from taking tests. Happens all the time in schools like this.

I feel sorry for the kids if this is true.

I think it is strange that such happens in a Charter School. I thought Charter Schools were bastions of education and perfection.

[pnh102]

I thought Charter Schools were bastions of education and perfection.

I suppose that when you get some semblance of choice in education, not all of those choices will be good ones. It is just like having a choice in buying cars, you get good cars but you also have bad cars too. Hopefully, the parents in this situation will take their children to a different charter school and this one will either fix its problem or close down.

The fact that the school could theoretically face closure due to bad performance alone proves that school choice is working. Hopefully, the parents involved will do the right thing.

[barb-tex]

Cheating on the Bush-Kennedy NCLB tests is not unknown even in PS. It seems to be more prevalent, at least in Texas, in Charter Schools. This might be due to the population of CS, have had difficulties in PS, and the CS is trying to justify its existance. The performance of CS, at least in TX is substantially lower than PS. True Private Schools rate higher than either, since they can pick their students.
barbra ann