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Re:A Middle-School Cheating Scandal Raises Questions About N... by GabrielF00 on Monday July 14, 2014 @09:45AM (#8030841)
Policymakers decided that kids should be taught a variety of subjects - state graduation requirements include science, social studies, arts and languages. However, standardized testing focuses on math and language arts. So you have the phenomenon of art teachers or history teachers being ordered to teach math or reading in order to boost test scores.
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Re:A Middle-School Cheating Scandal Raises Questions About N... by sp332 on Monday July 14, 2014 @12:45PM (#8031781)
The math and reading requirements are hardly unreachable. If history teachers are trying to teach history to students who can hardly read, they're not going to get very far. They should push back against the language arts teachers to do their jobs.
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Re:A Middle-School Cheating Scandal Raises Questions About N... by yummyfajitas on Monday July 14, 2014 @11:18AM (#8031303)
If we put history/social studies/etc on the test, I take it you'll then withdraw your objection?
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Re:A Middle-School Cheating Scandal Raises Questions About N... by tptacek on Monday July 14, 2014 @11:36AM (#8031401)
Probably not (I'm not opposed to standardized tests, FWIW). Schools need to teach art in art class, history in history class, &c. If lying about curricula to squeeze in more test prep doesn't count as "cheating", it's hard to imagine what could.
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