[wintertime]

And how many of those students who felt unsafe but had to be there because of truancy laws decided to make their schools look very bad the only way they can — do poorly on the oh-so-important achievement test?
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My son who will be 40 in July reports that he and his friends sabotaged many a standardized government school test.

[metmom]

And if the kids don’t sabotage the standardized tests, the schools will.....

Georgia Schools Inquiry Finds Signs of Cheating (especially in Atlanta)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2449671/posts

[bIlluminati]

I talked to some seasoned citizens who took the first SAT. The guys drew race cars, the girls did sewing patterns. Since it didn’t affect them, as the first year was to standardize the test results, a 500/500 SAT means you can do a sewing pattern with the dots on the test.

Of course, now there is an essay part. I’d rather have them graded in India, where they would be less likely to know how to grade based on political bias.