http://cheatinginclass.com/2010/03/pps-and-ode-fudging-the-numbers/ providing parents with the truth about the public education system Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:07:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://cheatinginclass.com/2010/03/pps-and-ode-fudging-the-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Zarwen Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:48:04 +0000 http://cheatinginclass.com/?p=1261#comment-234 Carrie, thank you so much for doing the arduous digging for this article. I've been saying that PPS has been lying for at least 10 years now. I'll keep saying it until they stop (yeah, right) or until we leave Oregon. Carrie, thank you so much for doing the arduous digging for this article. I’ve been saying that PPS has been lying for at least 10 years now. I’ll keep saying it until they stop (yeah, right) or until we leave Oregon.

]]> http://cheatinginclass.com/2010/03/pps-and-ode-fudging-the-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Steve Buel Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:03:24 +0000 http://cheatinginclass.com/?p=1261#comment-215 Carrie, this is a fabulous analysis. The testing itself is incredibly suspect. We would be better off without it and focus on teaching children to read, write, and do math. As a teacher who gave quite a few of those tests I didn't have much problem with the level tests since they supposedly were part of the same continuum. Trouble is in Portland the tests distract from real education. All the effort gets leveled out instead of focussed on the children who most need it. Carrie, this is a fabulous analysis. The testing itself is incredibly suspect. We would be better off without it and focus on teaching children to read, write, and do math. As a teacher who gave quite a few of those tests I didn’t have much problem with the level tests since they supposedly were part of the same continuum. Trouble is in Portland the tests distract from real education. All the effort gets leveled out instead of focussed on the children who most need it.

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