Thanks to The Gradebook for the above link.
As accountability is an elusive actuality, the fact that there are errors in the upcoming FCAT may once again provide the school systems a cover for eschewing accountability.
It appears that grading errors have reached the same level of acceptance as illness has always maintained in our society as a socially acceptable and defensible reason to avoid an activity. Don't want to go to work? Call in "sick". Don't want to go to a party? Say you are sick. No questions asked.
Don't want to deal with consequences of poor scores?
Exam Grades Going Higher
Don't want to penalize anyone a few years ago?
Florida Will Omit Vital NCLB Information Due to Scoring Error - by Jillian Metz - School Reform News:
"The decision comes in an effort to avoid penalizing teachers and students for a scoring mistake that caused inflated scores on the third-grade reading portion of the 2006 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT)."
If the strategy works, repeat it.
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