Parents sharing the process of searching for a school in Greater Philadelphia. What kind of school are you looking for? Charter, public, private, city, suburban?
The Notebook just published a riveting interview with a teacher who freely admits that she helped students cheat on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests (PSSAs). It is a fascinating read, and her myriad reasons were not entirely expected. Administrative pressure? That I expected. A socioeconomically biased test? Not so much. I guess I should have known better. .
Don’t read it if the idea of sympathizing with a cheater makes you uncomfortable. Fine. You don’t have to. But if you do nothing else, take one bit of advice that I have been trumpeting over and over. Don’t pay much attention to test scores when picking schools for your child. Don’t do it. Forget about the cheating issue. Please.
Len Lipkin
PSS Community
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