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To: TigerPaw who wrote (255364)	10/15/2005 1:47:23 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572719

but usually there were administative tricks, for example most students are registered in school using their parent's social security number, but the administrators would give practice tests and for those students who did poorly they would apply for a new, personal social security number. The results didn't count for the school when the number changed. It was a scam based on some part of a provision to make schools not have to account for students who recently transfer. This eliminated a lot of low scores from the school's overall score. I didn't know that. Did this kind of behavior develop because of pressure from the State Board to improve....or was it some people just looking for an easy way to meet state requirements? What worries me is the Bush program......No Student Left Behind. If its roots are in the TX state program, then it may be destined to fail. Already there is talk that students are being taught only the stuff found in the WASLs [WA states testing requirements under NSLB]while other important stuff is being ignored. I think this year will be the first year students will be tested under NSLB. ted