Re: Fw: WireTap: Exit Strategies: Confronting Faulty Grad Tests

[aburke5054@aol.com]

Tennessee requires students to pass three "Gateway" examinations as a 
condition of graduation:  Biology I, English II, and Algebra I.  So she 
passed Bio I and English II, but not Algebra I?

If she missed the passing score by a few questions it seems likely that 
she could increase her skills by a few questions with some intensive 
work.  there are many avenues for diagnosing Algebra I skills in 
addition to the state certifying examination, and a smart, resourceful, 
energetic, and persistent high school senior, let alone a woman of 25, 
should be able to find them.

Art

-----Original Message-----
From: Monty Neill <monty@fairtest.org>
To: arn-l@interversity.org
Sent: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 7:32 am
Subject: Re: [arn-l] Fw: WireTap: Exit Strategies: Confronting Faulty 
Grad Tests

Yes, that is the reason - the 'special ed diploma' is worth nothing in 
terms
of post-secondary ed or training, and you cannot get fed financial aid
either. Watching her largely by herself negotiate various 
bureaucracies,
media, city councils, etc. it is clear she is a smart, resourceful,
energetic, persistent young woman. Certainly a not a person who should 
have
been denied a diploma for missing a few questions on the math test. 
 

BTW, she informed me yesterday that tho she has taken the math test 
several
times, she has never been informed by the state what her weaknesses in 
math
are. There's a helpful attitude, but hey,
test security is more 
important.
Not that openness and helpfulness would make single-hurdle tests OK, it
would not - but it would be somewhat less nasty. 
 

Monty 

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Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:21 AM 

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Grad
Tests 
 


She didn't pass the math test and got a "special education diploma" and 

that's the only reason she didn't get in to beauty school and "other 

Memphis technical and community colleges and universities"? 
 

Art 
 

-----Original Message----- 

From: Monty Neill <monty@fairtest.org> 

To: ARN-L <arn-l@interversity.org>; arn2-strategy@yahoogroups.com; 

ARN-state@yahoogroups.com 

Sent: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:14 pm 

Subject: [arn-l] Fw: WireTap: Exit Strategies: Confronting Faulty Grad 

Tests 
 

Latricia Wilson has been battling the graduation test in Tennessee. She 

was 

denied a diploma based on a test score. Her story is available at the 

link 

below. Monty 
 


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> Exit Strategies:Confronting Faulty Grad Tests  7/3/2008 
 

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> A Tennessee student denied a valid diploma fights back. 
 

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