Survey: Nearly 30% of Michigan teachers report pressure to cheat

[Bozita]

Survey: Nearly 30% of Michigan teachers report pressure to cheat
1:57 AM, Jul. 27, 2011 | 234 Comments
BY CHASTITY PRATT DAWSEY AND KRISTI TANNER-WHITE
DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS

One out of three public school educators report pressure from bosses, parents or others to change grades, and nearly 30% say pressure to cheat on standardized tests is a problem at their school, according to a voluntary Free Press survey of Michigan educators.

At schools that don't meet federal standards, the tension is higher: About 50% say pressure to change grades is an issue, and 46% say pressure to cheat on the tests is a problem.

Some cave in -- about 8% say they changed grades within the last school year, and at least 8% admit to some form of cheating to improve a student's standardized test score.

The survey results show the pressures on educators as the state moves toward making student progress and test scores a major factor in teacher evaluations starting in 2013. The comments left by survey-takers reveal frustration with reliance on standardized tests to judge both students and teachers.

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oh yes, don't miss the comments left at the Freep.

[Starry Messenger]

1. Teachers have been yelling about this since it all started.

k&r

[CC]

2. Cheating is going to happen more and more as

funding depends on the results. Will get even worse when paychecks and jobs depend on the results.

[Liberal_in_LA]

3. probably the other 70% also.

[madrchsod]

4. read three pages and i`m surprised there was`t more knuckle daggers..

a thousand years ago when i was in school i never ever read the questions on the standardized tests. my biggest challenge was to look like i gave a shit.

[Luminous Animal]

6. They don't call them high-stakes tests for nothin',

[BanzaiBonnie]

5. Conservatives won't be happy

until we're all criminls. Then we will be thrown in prison for our crimes and labor for corporations under the watchful eye of the prison industrial complex.

[Bozita]

7. kick for the day shift