PARCC monitoring student's social media, wants schools to "punish" them

[Anonymous]

Bob Braun, an investigative reporter in New Jersey for the past 50 years, has learned that Pearson is spying on the social media accounts of students taking the PARCC tests. It is also pushing the NJ DOE for a student to be punished for posting info about PARCC test after school.


It looks like his site may have been hacked because you can't access it now, but you can see what's going on on Bob Braun's Ledger Facebook page.

[Anonymous]

So, are students posting the questions or something? If so, they should be expelled from school.

[Anonymous]

I fail to see the problem with this. The kids should understand that what they post has consequences. It would be one thing if they hacked into private accounts or something, but if they're posting stuff publicly, they have to face the consequences. It's not like students have freedom or speech or anything.

[Anonymous]

Expel kids?

Remember, these are KIDS, not adults we are talking about. Maybe they could be counseled to opt out of the PARCC.

[Anonymous]

You have to believe that there is something inherently wrong with a test that has this high of stakes attached to it. If you have to sign a nondisclosure agreement with a profit seeking company when you are in public school at age 14, there's a problem.

[Anonymous]

The standardized IQ tests given in FCPS have been out there for years. There are even prep classes where they use the questions.

[Anonymous]

You have to believe that there is something inherently wrong with a test that has this high of stakes attached to it. If you have to sign a nondisclosure agreement with a profit seeking company when you are in public school at age 14, there's a problem.

Also, a test that is used that widely will never be secret.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I fail to see the problem with this. The kids should understand that what they post has consequences. It would be one thing if they hacked into private accounts or something, but if they're posting stuff publicly, they have to face the consequences. It's not like students have freedom or speech or anything.

My understanding is that the student did not post the question. That the DOE called his school is concerning.

[Anonymous]

Big brother.

[Anonymous]

You have to believe that there is something inherently wrong with a test that has this high of stakes attached to it. If you have to sign a nondisclosure agreement with a profit seeking company when you are in public school at age 14, there's a problem.


Also, a test that is used that widely will never be secret.

+1 The kids are smart enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Expel kids?

Remember, these are KIDS, not adults we are talking about. Maybe they could be counseled to opt out of the PARCC.

If they're publishing the questions, that's a form of cheating, which is an offense worth expulsion.

Why on EARTH would they counseled to "opt out" of the PARCC? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. They have these tests for a very good reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I fail to see the problem with this. The kids should understand that what they post has consequences. It would be one thing if they hacked into private accounts or something, but if they're posting stuff publicly, they have to face the consequences. It's not like students have freedom or speech or anything.

My understanding is that the student did not post the question. That the DOE called his school is concerning.

Not really. Again: Students do not have freedom of speech. Are we clear on that?

[Anonymous]

These kids are being robbed of their childhoods in so many ways.

[Anonymous]

Not really. Again: Students do not have freedom of speech. Are we clear on that?

But they do have the right to opt out of the test.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

These kids are being robbed of their childhoods in so many ways.

I know, right? When we were kids, we took lots of high-stakes tests, and when we distributed the questions among friends, it was fine. Now they say it's "cheating".

Because it is cheating.