Comments on: City and state take different tones in linking test scores to tenure http://gothamschools.org/2009/12/15/city-and-state-take-different-tones-in-linking-test-scores-to-tenure/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Low Rhetoric of High Expectations at The Core Knowledge Blog http://gothamschools.org/2009/12/15/city-and-state-take-different-tones-in-linking-test-scores-to-tenure/comment-page-1/#comment-250076 The Low Rhetoric of High Expectations at The Core Knowledge Blog Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:17:06 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=29349#comment-250076 [...] Expectations for Assessments. Many state tests are lousy. For some reformers, though, lousy is good enough to determine the fate of teachers and students [...] [...] Expectations for Assessments. Many state tests are lousy. For some reformers, though, lousy is good enough to determine the fate of teachers and students [...]

]]> By: Philip Nobile (use name) http://gothamschools.org/2009/12/15/city-and-state-take-different-tones-in-linking-test-scores-to-tenure/comment-page-1/#comment-249880 Philip Nobile (use name) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:23:57 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=29349#comment-249880 When will state and city education officials, and the UFT too, confront the unconfrontable: NYC principals, assistant principals, and teachers routinely tamper with test scores?  The higher the stakes, the greater the cheating. As if the recent State Comptroller's audit showing wild inflation in Regents scores was not enough proof of this buried crime wave!  To coin a lament: WHERE'S THE OUTRAGE?   When will state and city education officials, and the UFT too, confront the unconfrontable: NYC principals, assistant principals, and teachers routinely tamper with test scores?  The higher the stakes, the greater the cheating.

As if the recent State Comptroller’s audit showing wild inflation in Regents scores was not enough proof of this buried crime wave! 

To coin a lament: WHERE’S THE OUTRAGE?  

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