Education boss warns that pizza parties break law
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Oct 10, 2008 at 12:09 PM CST
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Oct 10, 2008 at 12:09 PM CST
AUSTIN (AP) - Pizza parties, field trips and other rewards for students who pass the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills may violate education privacy laws by inadvertently outing students who fail.
That's according to Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott, who warned school supierintendents in a letter released yesterday.
Scott says the vast majority of students pass the test. Honoring them, by process of elimination, makes it easy to identify students who fail.
Scott says he recognizes that motivational efforts are intended to encourage better performances on the test. But he says they have a negative effect on those who are not rewarded.
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Sunday, Oct 12 at 6:32 AM ds7469ls wrote ...
It's pretty easy to spot the ones who fail, anyway, because they are all in pull-out programs, after school programs, and summer school! All the kids know who passed and who failed. So, once again, instead of awarding the vast majority, the minority keeps everyone else from getting some recognition.
Saturday, Oct 11 at 4:12 PM bulldogfan wrote ...
sure once again take away from the kids who excell
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