Teachers Caught Tampering With Test Scores
June 14th, 2010 - 9:52 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 14, 2010 (Pen Men at Work: Several teachers of the ‘Normandy Crossing Elementary School’ were seen resigning in disgrace as the news of tampering with the test results were made public. The school district authorities accused the teachers of taking a peek at the science questions by squeezing the booklet into a tube form so that it could be visible.
The intention of going to such extremes, speak volumes about the dishonest means that the teachers adopt in order to achieve personal success. Both the principal as well as the vice principal were concerned about the adverse effect on their respective careers if the state achievement results were not satisfactory. The maths and science teachers teaching the fifth grade were in for a lucrative bonus of $2,850 each.
This particular phenomenon of cheating by the teachers have caught on and is now prevalent in the states of Georgia, Virginia, Indiana as well as most other states. This indicates a serious problem with the system of education in the country. And the teachers frequently find themselves making use of dubious means in enhancing the performance of their students. The instances of such tampering have increased inordinately as the career of the teachers are almost always linked to the progress of their students which again is reflected in the marks attained by them in the state achievement tests.
With states like Colorado declaring openly that the tenure of its educators will actually depend on the state appraisal scores, the pressure on the teachers to perform has become very high indeed. Coupled with this, the federal law of ‘no child left behind’ program has succeeded in pushing an estimated 1 to 3 per cent of the teachers over the brink who resort to tampering with the grades.
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