WASHINGTON - For years, Maryland public schools have been the best in the country, but now there are new questions about how they got to the top.
More special education students in Maryland are excluded from the National Assessment of Educational Progress reading tests than any other state in the country. The Department of Education says that could be inflating the state's test results.
The Baltimore Sun reports only 34 percent of students with disabilities took the 4th grade assessments -- forcing the overall scores to come in seven points higher. Only 40 percent took the 8th grade assessments.
Jason Botel, executive director of the education advocacy group MarylandCAN, says that's not honest.
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5 comments:
This is what I've been saying right here on this blog all along. Some claiming to be educators even argued with me that this wasn't true. It is very much true and the sad fact is most teachers, school boards, politicians, etc are clueless about this.
This is also why parents have to be especially diligent that their child isn't labeled. There is an incentive to label kids as learning disabled on up to autistic. They are usually lying and are only using your child so they can modify the tests.
They are very very far from being the best in the country.
it reminds me of the All American city Awards
yeah right.
Never have been. poor us!
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