Wednesday, November 11, 2009

School in North Carolina sells test points but this homeschool won't

A little blurb on Fox News caught my eye today. A middle school in North Carolina is selling test points to students. The principal is on board with the idea as well as the school's parent advisory council. Twenty test points for twenty dollars. The students who buy the points can add them to any two tests. The principal rationalizes this by stating that it is not enough to impact a students overall grade. I don't know how accurate that is since the purchased points can bring two failing test scores up to a passing score.
What message does this send to the children who can't afford to spend twenty bucks on a better grade?
Does this encourage students to work harder and study more diligently?
This idea came about since the school's chocolate selling fundraiser failed. I don't think that is the only thing that failed at that school.

The State Department of Instruction thinks this is wrong and so do I.

Read the original article on Fox here.

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