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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are parents really helping their kids take tests?  Is that really happening???[/quote]

I'm a teacher and I have kids score years ahead of their grade level on iReady. It doesn't matter how many times I tell parents that students need to take tests on their own. They still help them. We do these tests online during class and I see parents sitting next to them telling them answers. The district just wants data. It doesn't matter if it is valid.[/quote]

These are the insane helicopter parents.  My kid did spectacularly bad on his reading assessment.  Several grades below grade level.  I knew he would but now way in hell was I going to help him.  The county needs to see the failing data-not that they care or will do anything about it.  Nothing at home is valid but I want them to see the massive failure of DL.  Why are earth are parents helping?  Is an elem assessment that much of a blow to your ego if your kid bombs it??[/quote]

You say nothing at home is valid, yet you want the county take your child's scores as valid and proof DL is a failure. Even if everyone cheats or whatever your theory is, it has no impact on your child's scores. They use norms that were already developed. Your child is not being compared to his current peers.

I agree that testing at home should not be weighed heavily. Some kids have noisy siblings next to them or home stress, abusive parents closeby and other things distracting them. However, this whole conspiracy theory that there is widespread cheating making your kid suffer does not hold up. Even if everyone but your child cheated, it would not affect your child's score. Also, teachers understand that if a student scores 25th percentile at school one year, 40th at school another, there is still no way the student miraculously scores 99th percentile at home.[/quote]

DP.  Some students are scoring overly highly due to their parents. However, other districts have published horrific declines in MAP scores, especially in black and brown students.

All due to distracting construction noise? [/quote]

That was not the point. It could be distractions and stressors. It could be DL is not working for many kids. The thing is you can't say it's all invalid and then say it's proof DL isn't working. It is silly to worry about those cheating. It will be clear to teachers. Scores don't miraculously leap up in extremes in most cases. [/quote]

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