A DC teacher speaks out on test cheating, Rhee’s successor declines
By Claudio Sanchez for National Public Radio. Read the entire interview here.
“NPR, CLAUDIO SANCHEZ: Frazier O’Leary has taught high school English for most of his 42 years in Washington, D.C. He says administrators and teachers may have altered test scores because they feared for their jobs.
O’LEARY: You know, the pressure was put on principals, the pressure was put on teachers that the test scores had to be raised. But it had nothing to do with educating students.
SANCHEZ: In Washington, D.C., test scores account for 50 percent of a teacher’s performance, more than in any other urban school district in the country. It’s the policy Michelle Rhee devised and Chancellor Henderson
“NPR, CLAUDIO SANCHEZ: Frazier O’Leary has taught high school English for most of his 42 years in Washington, D.C. He says administrators and teachers may have altered test scores because they feared for their jobs.
O’LEARY: You know, the pressure was put on principals, the pressure was put on teachers that the test scores had to be raised. But it had nothing to do with educating students.
SANCHEZ: In Washington, D.C., test scores account for 50 percent of a teacher’s performance, more than in any other urban school district in the country. It’s the policy Michelle Rhee devised and Chancellor Henderson