Los Angeles Area Schools, Teachers Accused Of Cheating

This is just more proof that this system of assessment has failed us. And, what does cheating on these tests prove? Just that teachers in poor, urban schools feel so much pressure to keep their jobs that they change answers on the test. These tests don't help their students learn, they don't measure what their kids can do, and they don't help teachers improve their instructio­n. And, it shouldn't be surprising that the teachers that change the answers are all teachers who work in poor urban areas. Of course, the teachers of kids from middle to upper class communitie­s don't need to change the answers...­so what do these tests really show us that is all that different from what we already know: that schools in poor, urban communitie­s don't do well on standardiz­ed tests because of myriad issues that have nothing to do with the tests.



When will the public learn that if we prioritze bubbling in answers, then what we will get are kids that graduate from the K-12 system that can't think, can't write, can't solve problems, and can't be innovative or creative. Please stop listening to the media and do what is right...ge­t rid of the tests!
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