Edumacation
Tags: Dianne Edwards, Normandy Crossing Elementary School, portrait of the day, sketch of the day, Standardized Test Scores, Teachers, Texas, Tonia Bush
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Increased pressure on school administrators to have their charges achieve, combined with bonuses for fifth grade math and science teachers for bringing up standardized test scores, led to a Texas elementary school achieving scores too good to be true. Principle Dianne Edwards and assistant principle Tonia Bush resigned after it was learned that educators cheated by “tubing” the test booklet (squeezing the test booklet without breaking its paper seal) to form an open tube, see what would be on the test, and distribute detailed study guides.
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