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El Paso Schools

High-stakes Testing Makes Cheating Inevitable

Jason Stanford | Posted 06.02.2013 | Politics
Read More: High-Stakes Testing, Arne Duncan, Atlanta Cheating Scandal, No Child Left Behind, Mobile Cheating Scandal, George W. Bush, El-Paso-Schools, Standardized Test Cheating, Politics News
Jason Stanford

The latest example came late on Good Friday when an Atlanta grand jury indicted 35 teachers, administrators and principals under laws meant to target the mafia.

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The 'Disappeared' of El Paso

Jason Stanford | Posted 12.26.2012 | Home
Read More: Staar, Linda McNeil, Standardized Testing, High School Dropouts, El Paso Testing Scandal, Rick Perry, El-Paso-Schools, Home News
Jason Stanford

This is the worst testing scandal to come along under the high-stakes testing regime that rules our schools, but we have no right to act surprised. What happened in El Paso is not an aberration but an inevitable consequence of high-stakes standardized testing.

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To Meet Standards, School Officials Made Low-Performing Students 'Disappear'

AP | JUAN CARLOS LLORCA | Posted 12.02.2012 | Home
Read More: Public Schools, School Cheating Scandal, Video, School Cheating, School Officials Cheating, El Paso Schools, Teachers Cheating, Bowie High School, Texas Schools, El Paso Public Schools, Home News

EL PASO, Texas -- During his sophomore year, Jose Avalos was urged by a principal to drop out of high school. The next year, his brother was told to d...

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