Prior articles on criminal wrongdoings at Sanders-Clyde during PACT testing have indicated that, even before the results of last year's testing were known, seven teachers and counselors were explaining away the not-yet-known low results. Finally we get a look at what they said last May in Sunday's edition of the P & C. [See Teachers Criticize Test Monitoring.]
Maybe the good news is that only seven, or less than a third, of S-C's teachers participated in this charade. Not knowing the individuals involved but having been in education for a number of years, I know that those seven can easily be divided into three groups: the guilty, the naive, and the toady ("Oh, yes, Ms. Moore. You're wonderful, Ms. Moore"). Why name only three of the seven in the article? Those three are still listed on Sanders-Clyde's website. Are the others cooperating with the investigation, or have they left town along with Moore?
And, here's another question: were the skewed results more or less the same across the board for all classrooms at Sanders-Clyde, or were some classrooms closer to expectations based on the MAP results? Now that she can no longer ignore the overall discrepancies, has Janet Rose done any analysis of individual teachers' results?
Oh, that was two questions. Well, here's a third: why does Janet Rose still have her job?
Sunday, October 12, 2008
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Good assessment. Too bad, you're not the CCSD Director of Assessment and Accountability. The only fault I find is expecting Janet Rose to actually do her job. I won't hold my breath on that one.
I particularly like this part:
"The last piece of the packet has comments from Moore, who foreshadowed the school's poor test score results.
"How do we prepare for what is to come and tell our side of the story? Perhaps we are to take the high road and say nothing," she wrote."
Perhaps, if your definition of "say nothing" is a 16-page packet of transparent cover-up.
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