History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
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Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
A test question -- can you spell 'blackmail'?
- 06-01-2011
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Blog by John Merrow/Huffington Post
If memory serves, years ago a group of students at a California high school deliberately filled in incorrect answers on a test the state used to evaluate its schools, thereby guaranteeing that the school would sink in the rankings. They were upset because the principal failed to bow to their demand for a smoking area or some similar privilege. Whether the principal was right or wrong is immaterial. What matters is that the state had put him in that position by creating a test whose results meant nothing to those being tested -- but could lead to cash bonuses for schools doing well. Students at other high schools apparently went to their principals and offered to do really well in return for privileges. Not sure how that turned out. (more...)
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