Sunday, January 8, 2012

Students Purchase Test Banks: Is This Cheating? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

Students Purchase Test Banks: Is This Cheating? - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher:

Students Purchase Test Banks: Is This Cheating?

Guest post by Chuck Olynyk.

Readers of this blog may recall Chuck Olynyk's guest posts here starting two years ago, when he gave us all front row seats to witness the dismantling of a "failed" high school in Los Angeles. Today, from his new classroom at Roosevelt High, he shares his thoughts about the latest scandal to hit the schools. This was originally posted at his Remember Fremont blog.

A few days ago, I complained about Sandra Day O'Connor and her iCivics, grousing about "lesson plans in a box".

Yet what do I finally suggest to folks? A website, run a some sort of cooperative (What's that noise? My parents