The Education Wars

What with the push for raising standardized test scores and the push to tie those scores into teachers' salaries, it should be no surprise there would be cheating going on.

And since it is D.C., one of the very worst, most corrupt districts in the country, it REALLY shouldn't be a shock.

The probe, an analysis of incorrect student answers that were erased and changed to correct answers, found "anomalies" at some of the schools. But the investigation, conducted by the test's manufacturer, CTB McGraw-Hill, recommended that officials "should not draw conclusions about cheating behavior" on the basis of the findings, according to a memo from the company released by the District.

Of course administrators cheated; they want their jobs. They in turn pressure their teachers to cheat, despite the fact principals and teachers both can have their licenses suspended or even revoked.

Nobody should be surprised at all.