Attention Grows About “Education Reformer's” Faux Technique to Push Up Test Scores - Wait, What?

Attention Grows About “Education Reformer's” Faux Technique to Push Up Test Scores - Wait, What?:

Attention Grows About “Education Reformer’s” Faux Technique to Push Up Test Scores

by jonpelto

The CTMirror ran a story yesterday about how some school districts have figured out that if you shift lower performing students to a Modified Assessment Test instead of the Connecticut Mastery Test, you test scores will go up, and people will think that you are” improving the quality of education” in that community.

Readers will recall that about four months ago, we examined how Hartford’s former Superintendent of Schools, Steven “where is my pension” Adamowski has used this very technique from 2006 to 2011 to push up Hartford’s test scores.

As the CTMirror story indicates;

“One of every 20 students in Connecticut is being directed to take standardized tests