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Cheating scandal: Feds say teachers hired stand-in to take their certification tests
AP ^ | 11/25/2012 | Adrian Sainz

Posted on 11/25/2012 8:18:34 PM PST by Calamari

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1 posted on 11/25/2012 8:18:41 PM PST by Calamari
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To: Calamari

It was all part of Clarence’s “No Hack Left Behind” program.


2 posted on 11/25/2012 8:23:15 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Makes one wonder how they got through college.


3 posted on 11/25/2012 8:31:25 PM PST by Calamari (Pass enough laws and everyone is guilty of something.)
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Why, he was just using his own form of affirmative action.


4 posted on 11/25/2012 8:32:19 PM PST by Best and Brightest
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To: Best and Brightest

http://www.wlox.com/story/18993380/man-indicted-in-orchestrating-teacher-certification-examination-scheme


5 posted on 11/25/2012 8:32:47 PM PST by Best and Brightest
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To: Best and Brightest

bttt


6 posted on 11/25/2012 8:34:41 PM PST by Calamari (Pass enough laws and everyone is guilty of something.)
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When will Eric Holder's DOJ come to the aid of "his people".

Almost certainly, this scandal will have a "disparate impact".

Sorry for such speculation...but you just know...

7 posted on 11/25/2012 8:37:23 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA; Ignorance on parade.)
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To: Calamari
Prosecutors and standardized test experts say students were hurt the most by the scheme because they were being taught by unqualified teachers.

Ya know, while I'd suspect that's so, on the other hand I'd sure like to see how these cheating teachers' classes panned out (if the teachers didn't in turn engineer cheating for the classes, that is). It would be funny to find that, say, 5 years into the job there wasn't any discernable difference in the competence of the classes led by these teachers. Meaning the tests were largely irrelevant hooey, and that the degrees from schools of education meant enough.

Yeah, I say a pox on all their houses....

8 posted on 11/25/2012 8:38:25 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: Best and Brightest

Yes, he was affirmatively enhancing his bank account.


9 posted on 11/25/2012 8:39:32 PM PST by Calamari (Pass enough laws and everyone is guilty of something.)
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To: Calamari

They cheated.


10 posted on 11/25/2012 8:39:48 PM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: Calamari

Bump


11 posted on 11/25/2012 8:47:03 PM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: Calamari

Affirmative action.


12 posted on 11/25/2012 8:55:10 PM PST by PAR35
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To: Calamari

Hey, if Ted Kennedy can do it, then why not teachers?


13 posted on 11/25/2012 8:56:27 PM PST by JoeDetweiler
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To: Calamari

This sounds like state bar exams.


14 posted on 11/25/2012 9:14:25 PM PST by Praxeologue
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To: Calamari

Test Question Number 1: List a 7 letter word that starts with “c”, and
is an anagram of “teacher”.


15 posted on 11/25/2012 9:19:00 PM PST by rfp1234 (Arguing with a liberal is like playing chess with a pigeon.)
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cheater... lol!


16 posted on 11/25/2012 9:20:29 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: Calamari
I missed out! I could have made some cash! When I thought I wanted to be a teacher and graduated from college, I took the three teacher certification exams I needed in NY state, including a subject test. (Social Studies in my case.) I thought they were some of the easiest exams I had ever taken, and scored accordingly.

Not thinking much of it, I met with some of the other new graduates at a reception. People were talking about how hard the exams were, how they didn't know if they'd ever pass and I'd say at least 60% of the people there thought the exams were hard and/or did poorly. I was shocked.

Fast forward and one of those teachers is hired by my children's school and my daughter is put into her class. I went to the school and said I want a different teacher for my child for that subject. The school said that they didn't do teacher requests. I said I know she scored 40% on her first try on the subject area test and yet loves having the power to fail 13 year olds in the same subject. The class was changed.

I worked in education for a while and later left and started a business with my husband. I'm probably especially annoying to my children's school administrators because they know I know probably about 40% of teachers shouldn't even be in the profession for a variety of reasons. And I can pick them out from a mile away.

Anyway, I could have made some serious cash taking these exams for these people! I wasn't going to show anyone my results until all of the new teachers that had taken the exams started saying “She must have failed that's why she won't tell us.” That's when I got out my paperwork, and slammed it on the desk and showed them I had aced every one of them. One person said I was a genius. No, I'm not! I don't even think you'd need an education degree to pass these exams!

17 posted on 11/25/2012 9:20:50 PM PST by MacMattico
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Makes one wonder how they got through college.

Majored in education???
18 posted on 11/25/2012 9:23:23 PM PST by caveat emptor
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I was in my mid-30s. Had no schooling after high-school. Lady friend across the street came into my house one afternoon, handed me a piece of paper. Said take this test. She timed me, I took the test. I took 3.5 minutes to answer all the q’s on both sides. She graded it. I got 100%.

THEN she told me that this was the test currently being given to qualify teachers. They had 2 hours to take it and only needed 50% to pass.

The teachers state-wide were in a huge ruckus because the test was SO hard.

OMG.


19 posted on 11/25/2012 9:33:17 PM PST by FrogMom (Chicken Little is coming, and he's right!)
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I have to wonder if Clarence reportd this income on his Taxes. I’m betting the answer is no.


20 posted on 11/25/2012 9:33:35 PM PST by I Drive Too Fast
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