K12> Testing Rebellion
- From: Gleason Sackmann <gleason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:27:31 -0600
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From: Steve <uriel1998@xxxxxxxxx>
Newsgroups: misc.education.home-school.misc
Subject: News: Testing Rebellion
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 21:17:41 -0500
STAR TRIBUNE, MN - It's basic-skills-test time at Eagle Valley Secondary
School, and Melissa Rabenhorst and her family are nervous. A good
student who locks up on tests, Missy retook the math test Thursday after
previous failures. The 11th-grader thinks it went well this time. Well,
she hopes it did. After all, her diploma hangs in the balance. So, too,
does her dream of studying photography and cosmetology in college.
Richard Lundgren, Missy's principal, refuses to take the chance that she
or any struggling student might not graduate because they couldn't pass
Minnesota's basic-skills tests. He is offering them an escape: a North
Dakota high school diploma. The 25-year principal believes state
bureaucrats are handcuffing schools with an over reliance on tests and a
misguided approach to graduation standards. . . So rather than let his
students twist in the wind over whether they passed the tests, he is
encouraging them to consider taking a course or two through an
independent study center in Fargo, N.D., a move that would allow them to
earn a diploma there. North Dakota has no basic-skills tests, its
graduation standards are nearly identical to the Eagle Valley School
District's, and students can earn a diploma with only a semester's work
in a study hall if their other credits are accepted. The North Dakota
option may be chosen by only one or two students a year, but it has won
praise from parents who agree that the state shouldn't base a child's
academic success on a single test.
http://www2.startribune.com/stories/1592/3638879.html
Steve
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