Newspaper finds evidence of cheating by Texas schools

[Thor_MN]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/12/20/texas.school.cheating.ap/index.html

DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- Dozens of Texas schools appear to have cheated on the state's redesigned academic achievement test, casting doubt on whether the accountability system can reliably measure how schools are performing, a newspaper found.

An analysis uncovered strong evidence of organized, educator-led cheating on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills at schools in Houston and Dallas, along with suspicious scores in hundreds of other schools, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Texas education policies on student accountability became the model for the federal No Child Left Behind law enacted after President Bush's election in 2000.


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[MasonJar]

1. Hardly surprising, after all Bush's Education guru led cheating

in Texas before he became the Secretary of Education.

[Dora]

2. It's time to go on an education strike...

I'm hoping that by the time ours is of schooling age that we'll be able to homeschool. Even my mother, a career educator who has been watching the testing trend very carefully, agrees that putting kids in today's public schools is a total crapshoot.

[SemperEadem]

3. Why am I not surprised

Texas education policies on student accountability became the model for the federal No Child Left Behind law enacted after President Bush's election in 2000.

Liars, one and all. Can't do shit correctly.

[Moderator]

4. duplicate topic, please discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1085079