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I now believe that all this testing leads to only one things. High stakes cheating. My state had their annual tests today. I have two students who have extended time for testing. They had their writing test today but have to have the test complete by the end of the day. The students cannot leave the campus for the duration of the testing. One student left at lunchtime with his mom and I am quite sure that the mother coached him on what to say. When the student came back I told him that "sorry" you knew the rules but left. Test is done. Principal stepped in and said let him finish in my office. I went along but filed an incident report with the test coordinator. The second child did not finish his test on Monday. Went home and told mom that after he thought about test realized he left details out. She called principal and I was told that the child could finish the test today. Principal has not been on property this week. This time I did not let the child redo the test. I stood my ground...See More
jw On 4/15/11, sped teacher wrote: > I now believe that all this testing leads to only one > things. High stakes cheating. My state had their annual > tests today. I have two students who have extended time > for testing. They had their writing test today but have to > have the test complete by the end of the day. The students > cann...See More
Jun 7, 2011


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