Denver School Cheating, Moody's Likes Philly School Closings: Ed Today
Colorado Cheating? According to Ed News Colorado, about 35 high school students figured out how to go into their teachers' computer system. They changed their grades on instant "mastery tests" to make it look as if they'd entered the correct answers in the first place. Thirty-five kids in a major urban school district is proportionally small, but keep in mind that the mastery test is a low-stakes, formative assessment. As high-stakes standardized tests become digitized, is this something we're going to see happen more often?
"Nine High Schools, One Roof" Mayor Michael Bloomberg's major educational legacy in New York will be the fragmentation of gigantic schools into several smaller ones that share a building. This New York Times piece looks at the largest such school that was broken down into nine different schools under one roof. While the graduation rate improved, there were some pitfalls.
School Closures: Good For Wall Street? Philadelphia recently voted to close 23 schools, and a Moody's
"Nine High Schools, One Roof" Mayor Michael Bloomberg's major educational legacy in New York will be the fragmentation of gigantic schools into several smaller ones that share a building. This New York Times piece looks at the largest such school that was broken down into nine different schools under one roof. While the graduation rate improved, there were some pitfalls.
School Closures: Good For Wall Street? Philadelphia recently voted to close 23 schools, and a Moody's
