STAAR test results: everyone gets a trophy

[Chuck_Finley]

After reading this news release and also taking a look at the actual data from the state's web site: http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/08...icts-meet.html

seems to me the STAAR test is an improved version of "every school deserves a trophy" now. TAKS at least pointed out schools that were outright failing. And let's not also forget that it doesn't make one bit of difference how standardized tests are created or how they're scored or if they're targeted so every single person who considers themselves a minority isn't offended, the bottom line is that schools with a lot of kids who come from broken homes, parents who aren't worth a shit and generally have no support structure tend to do the worst.

If they all happen to gravitate to certain schools because of where they live, well, I guess we'll need to spend another billion dollars in tax money to figure out why.

[Vertnut]

When most are failing, just lower the standards instead of demanding improvement. These shams they call "tests" are just a "feel good" mirage so that the taxpayers don't demand a total shut down of the public education system.

[crapstang]

Kids don't give 2 shits about both of those tests.

[Ratt]

Should do it like they do in China. There's one major test they ever have to worry about, and that's the one at the end of high school to determine whether or not you even qualify to go to college. It's a three-day-long comprehensive test with material that covers everything you learned in the last twelve years, and if you don't score well enough, you go to trade school or go into the labor pool. If you score high you get to go to college. The test is so intense that they study for it the whole second half of their 12th year.

[BlackGT]

Didn't Perry sign a law doing away with the majority of the standardized tests in TX?

[DriveWayBuilt]

School is such Bull shit now, Me Neighbor's brother Failed the Math part of the STAAR test twice during the school year, Went to summer school, Failed it again and they pretty much told him "Oh well, You pass. You get to go to high school."

On another note My little brother was 1 of 15 kids that passed all of their STAAR test out of the whole school and they only got a "Congratulations" from their Teachers, lol

[Baron Von Crowder]

The kids dont give two shits about the tests, and they hold the teachers accountable for the kids doing badly. Its a tough spot to be in for the teachers, too.

[Probie]

Those tests aren't hard either. My senior year they did a trial run on the STAR test and it was easy as shit. TAKS was even more of a joke.

[EW]

If you can't pass those weak-ass tests, your parents should have to come to night school with your dumb ass until you can. Lame.

[Whiteboy]

The kids dont give two shits about the tests, and they hold the teachers accountable for the kids doing badly. Its a tough spot to be in for the teachers, too.

Trust me i know all about it.

[Kimmypie]

The kids dont give two shits about the tests, and they hold the teachers accountable for the kids doing badly. Its a tough spot to be in for the teachers, too.

Oh come on...we all know those who can't do teach.

I do so love to be blamed when my students can't even be bothered to do their work. Then their parents can't be bothered to meet about it. Yet it is still all my fault somehow. Yay! School starts this month! Lol

[Unicorn Jeff]

My parents always told me if I didn't do good in school I'd die or they'd kill me somehow. It worked out though LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.

[Tx Redneck]

My parents always told me if I didn't do good in school I'd die or they'd kill me somehow. It worked out though LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.

Are you sure?

[Unicorn Jeff]

Are you sure?

I haz diploma!

[jdgregory84]

I think that I posted this a while back but when I was visiting my parents, I saw my little sisters report card. While she had straight A's, I saw that the passing score for Science and Math were 65, and 60 (can't remember which was what). I know that in college a 60-69 is a D, and not an F. However, in grade school anything below a 70 was an F. At least when I was in school.

Like stated before, just lower the standards. I know that in my years in grade school, I had a few teachers that sucked, some would tell us their personal problems in class, but eventually within that year they would be let go and replaced. I think that happened twice in high school. Most of my teachers though were good. You could tell that they actually cared not only about having a job but the students themselves. For the most part I was an A, sometimes A/B student, and if my teachers saw a drop in my grades they would pull me aside at the end of class, give me a pass to be late to the next class, and talk to me for a few minutes to make sure everything was okay. I wonder if they do that kind of stuff anymore?