Exploiting NCLB With Social Promotion
When can the end of Social Promotion be a bad thing? When it is exploited to shows higher scores on NCLB.
Most people in the public never question what the education system does. They believe the people who work there would only do what is best for the children. This perception is what public government schools want you to believe even though it is not really true.
In the following article from Education News, emailed to me by the Illinois Loop (Emphasis mine):
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Much celebrating and high-fiving has been taking place amongst Chicago Public School hierarchy and Chicago city government this summer for their having purportedly managed to raise students’ test scores by “historic” |
