Had another story on the front page today. It’s about (surprise, surprise!) cheating:
All 699 schools suspected of cheating on the TAKS test will face a state investigation, the Texas Education Agency announced Monday.
Sort of. The word “investigation” can have many meanings.
For some schools, investigations could consist of little more than an exchange of letters. It remains to be seen how thorough investigations of 699 schools would be possible, given constraints of time and staffing.
And state officials still have no plans to seek the additional test data that would make a detailed investigation possible. For example, the state still does not know which students have the most suspicious test answer sheets.
Comments
No comments yet.
Post a comment
Joshua Benton is the director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, among other things. Before that, he was a staff writer and columnist for The Dallas Morning News. (More.)
Links
About | Archives | Contact | Writing | Photos | Links | Wish
RSS feeds 
Recently played tracks
- The Super Friendz – 10 Lbs
- Old 97's – Timebomb
- Ted Leo and The Pharmacists – Timorous Me
- Harry Nilsson – Everybody's Talkin'
- My Bloody Valentine – When You Sleep
- Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks – Dynamic Calories
- Stephen Malkmus – No More Shoes
- Belle and Sebastian – The Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner
- Belle and Sebastian – Slow Graffiti
- Belle and Sebastian – The State I Am In
Archives
Search
Disclaimer
Any opinions expressed here are solely mine, and not those of my employer. In many cases, they may not even be mine.
Comment Preview
said: