tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post4884636155126850690..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Testing Still Incentivizing CheatingPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-56356839790773005412016-10-01T14:46:17.653-04:002016-10-01T14:46:17.653-04:00There was educator cheating on tests long before t...There was educator cheating on tests long before the NCLB Act on high-, low-, and no-stakes tests. Eliminating stakes will not stop the cheating; but it probably will diminish any detection of the cheating, because little attention is paid to how no-stakes tests are administered or reported. <br /><br />http://www.learningscientists.org/blog/2016/6/7-1Richard Phelpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09365989473448429234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-62442774641916754832016-09-10T12:33:04.741-04:002016-09-10T12:33:04.741-04:00Our Super in HoCo was a MoCo Principal or VP and w...Our Super in HoCo was a MoCo Principal or VP and was caught excluding special ed students from the MSA because she didn't want them to mess with the school's high testing scores....how awful...and that's probably why our BoEd hired her 5 years ago. In HoCo it's ALL about the test scores and AP scores, AP classes, SAT. In fact, this year they are giving the PSAT 8/9 to ALL 9th graders so that they will be aware of what AP classes they should look forward to taking. I'm REFUSING the PSAT 8/9 this year and I don't want my daughter to be taking 4 AP classes per year. It's HS and she is still a child....there is so much more to HS than being force fed a lousy curriculum so that a test score looks good. It is a heartless world for children these days. Wish I could afford to send my kids to one of the Friends Schools in the area.edblisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792046029260177146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-42182530967464983552016-09-10T06:53:59.071-04:002016-09-10T06:53:59.071-04:00It's happening in MoCo as well. And on the Fac...It's happening in MoCo as well. And on the Facebook Opt-Out pages for MD, there have been numerous stories of IEP's altered so that kids are taking PARCC w/o accommodations to boot. >:( Parents are having to go to schools and review IEP's before PARCC testing windows as some of them have reportedly been altered without parent knowledge.CrunchyMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434606158400653601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-1816617330142611422016-09-10T06:46:19.165-04:002016-09-10T06:46:19.165-04:00Same scenario here in the DC Metro: https://www.wa...Same scenario here in the DC Metro: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/school-informed-parents-of-low-performing-students-they-could-opt-out-of-state-tests/2016/09/08/bf6a41a0-75e1-11e6-8149-b8d05321db62_story.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed&wprss=rss_Copy%20of%20local-alexandria-socialCrunchyMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434606158400653601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-73177060341706214212016-09-09T18:53:18.082-04:002016-09-09T18:53:18.082-04:00I can say that this same thing was happening in Mo...I can say that this same thing was happening in MoCo schools and HoCo schools for numerous years. Some of the special ed parents that I know were a little angry that their children were being excluded. This was before PARCC. Now it seems that (at least in HoCo), special ed kids are being forced to take the stupid test.edblisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792046029260177146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-34550244464002507252016-09-09T17:54:26.738-04:002016-09-09T17:54:26.738-04:00The breaking Wells Fargo scandal was caused by int...The breaking Wells Fargo scandal was caused by intense pressure on employees to "make" certain sales numbers. Many employees responded by creating new accounts without customer authorization in order to charge those customers overdraft fees. Same phenomenon as teachers and school administrators cooking the books to make the test scores better. <br /><br />The flaw is in creating such high stakes that depend upon something that is so easily manipulated. This alone is reason enough to get rid of these high stakes tests. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07228908566250306699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-86431836933129763202016-09-09T15:16:09.136-04:002016-09-09T15:16:09.136-04:00"You will never hear me speak in support of c..."You will never hear me speak in support of cheating."<br /><br />I dunno, you might hear me. If I were a low-income parent with a child in a "failing" school and my school's/teacher's choices were (a) facing closure/termination due to poor scores, (b) relentless drill-and-kill test prep to try to improve said scores or (c) cheating, I'm not sure that (c) is an unethical choice.Diennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570040547158789834noreply@blogger.com