The Education Wonks
Man. You'd think educators would have *some* integrity.
It's sad irony that some teachers/principals help students cheat.
re: DeoDuce
It really isn't a sad irony. This educator, if guilty, is just acting rationally and in accord with modern belief.
The public schools teach that society is to blame for any unhappy result, that it is evil to test because some get lower scores, and all tests are biased.
So what should the ethical school teacher/adminstrator do? Why, of course, he/she should undermine the system. Help your kid survive.
Time to date myself.
I grew up on Long Island. When I had to take my Regents exam in 1975, I studied for months. I was actually a good student back then.
A few days before the exams, word began to get out that the answers somehow had been leaked. Sure enough, it was true! My memory is a bit fuzzy, but I believe there were at least two, and possibly three exams that were cancelled.
Back then, I was one happy camper. Today, of course, it would be a completely different story.
As for this assistant principal, he's probably not going to be welcome at his new assignment. If it’s true, one has to wonder what else this guy has done?
Many of the exams in NY are graded at the school site. It's risky. At least in the case of the 8th grade science exam, the answer key did not arrive until after the test had been administered. I'm not that confident that the people mandating more and more tests have clearly thought through how they are going to get the tests scored securely, fairly, and efficiently. Let alone what it will cost to do it right.
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