Records altered to lift test scores

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Toledo Public Schools has manipulated some students' attendance data to improve state report-card scores, the district's superintendent told The Blade Friday.

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FKA Reader “Don't trust the internet!” Since: Jan 12 13,846 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #3 Jul 22, 2012 Judged: 1 1 Cannot comment on the Dispatch anymore without a subscription. But they have been following this same issue in CCS. And it is starting to look pretty big. Raises questions about what attendance really is and what CCS has been doing to influence the real numbers one way or another. Some things that schools do to make the problem worse include overreliance on suspension as a tool for discipline and underemphasis on learning and engagement. I have been in CCS schools with way too many kids wandering the halls and too few adults concerned.
gokeefe “you go catch that red dot...” Since: May 10 7,532 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #4 Jul 22, 2012 Judged: 2 2 Am I reading this right? Reader actually admitting, even indirectly, that large metro public schools are loaded with ineptitude, too much bureaucracy, and gasp--no intent to educate?
bad grade Columbus, OH	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #6 Jul 25, 2012 Judged: 2 gokeefe wrote: Am I reading this right? Reader actually admitting, even indirectly, that large metro public schools are loaded with ineptitude, too much bureaucracy, and gasp--no intent to educate? < snort >
FKA Reader “Don't trust the internet!” Since: Jan 12 13,846 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #7 Jul 25, 2012 bad grade wrote: <quoted text> < snort > Apparently Loveland just got caught as well. Don't know much about Loveland, but I don't think they qualify as a large metropolitan or urban district.
gokeefe “you go catch that red dot...” Since: May 10 7,532 Location hidden	Reply » \| Report Abuse \| Judge it! \| #8 Jul 26, 2012 bad grade wrote: <quoted text> < snort > snort again, she skated around the topic typical but I'm anathema to Reader
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