A teacher weighs in on cheating scandals

I've been called anti-teacher.  There is nothing further from the truth as all of my kids' teachers know.  The truth is that many teachers have good ideas and are good teachers.  I do not envy the teacher who is subject to a performance review based on a single annual test.  Here is a link to a great blog by a teacher in Philadelphia explaining one perspective on why the testing scandals happen.  While I don't agree with everything that Timothy Boyle writes in the blog, I do agree that so much pressure on such a silly test that gives almost no useful information to teachers is absurd.  We have to find a way out of this testing nightmare that has been created.  The tests mean even less if adults cheat so that kids really do not know how they would score without cheating.  The system has become ridiculous.  Enjoy the read.