Wednesday, August 03, 2011
"Two of Pa.'s largest charters part of test score probe"
The Atlanta, Georgia school district was recently determined to cheat on standardized testing scores.
Now it's Pennsylvania.
The pressure to SCORE well apparently exceeds the pressure to actually teach well...
Now it's Pennsylvania.
The pressure to SCORE well apparently exceeds the pressure to actually teach well...
Benjamin Herold is reporting this at theNotebook,org website:
"Two of the largest charters in Pennsylvania, Chester Community Charter School (CCCS) and the Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School (PA Cyber), are among the 89 schools across the state that are to be investigated for statistical irregularities on 2009 standardized tests.
In all, 10 Pennsylvania charters were found to have 2009 test scores warranting further inquiry, according to a recently revealed state report meant to identify 'potential test results that may have been earned unfairly.'
The rest of the 89 schools are spread over 38 school districts. State Secretary of Education Ronald Tomalis has directed those districts to conduct investigations in all their traditional public schools that were heavily flagged in the study."
