[Libloather]

"I disagree with these allegations."

"...because this will completely mess up my pension."

[PapaBear3625]

With any test that affects a public employee’s job, pay, or potential for promotion, the test should never be administered by anyone under the control or influence of the person who would be affected by the test.

[Red_Devil 232]

Evelyn Cortez - since there is no picture of this person - I will assume she is Amish.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

I talked to a NH state trooper who said that high schools are given 24 hours notice before a "random" drug search.

The principal then announces over the PA system that there will be a drug search the following day.

And, believe it or not, no drugs are ever found at the high school.

The teachers pretend to teach, the students pretend to learn, and the parents pretend that the teachers are teaching and that the students are learning.

It's a perfect system, and almost impossible to break, because everybody's happy.

[GeronL]

I doubt it will mess up his pension. I hear that in some states that even molesting the kids won’t lose you the pension.

[Eva]

This type of thing is nothing new. When my daughter was in high school in the eighties, in Orange County, CA, the principal used to order all the kids that teachers thought would not take the testing seriously, or who were just not good students, to the library for the testing days and keep them there.

The testing rules allowed a 20% absence rate, so the school required 100% attendance and picked the 20% to be marked absent.

The school funding was based on the results of the tests, so the administrators justified this as necessary.

[Eva]

This type of thing is nothing new. When my daughter was in high school in the eighties, in Orange County, CA, the principal used to order all the kids that teachers thought would not take the testing seriously, or who were just not good students, to the library for the testing days and keep them there.

The testing rules allowed a 20% absence rate, so the school required 100% attendance and picked the 20% to be marked absent.

The school funding was based on the results of the tests, so the administrators justified this as necessary.

[Steely Tom]

But teachers, a former staffer, parents, even a student - say those scores were achieved in part by cheating.

They want to stay on the plantation. So they can stay.

As long as massa keeps supplying the grub and puts a roof over their heads, everyone's happy.

[unixfox]

Cheaters never prosper?

[struggle]

Yeah, I had a principal “ask” me to pass students in order to improve her AYP.

It’s bulls***.

[Chode]

do I really have to say it???

[Clintonfatigued]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6_1Pw1xm9U

[metmom]

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[wintertime]

My husband and I have spent several years working with the cub scouts and tutoring programs of our church. I am convinced that the **only** children who are learning to read and do basic math in our county are those with parents who are doing **tons** of **afterschooling**!

When there is a government school with high test scores I conclude:

1) Cheating by the principals and teachers.

2) The parents of the children are doing the heavy lifting by afterschooling and expensive tutoring.

3) All of the above.