Denise, I don't think that a student who completes all high school
course work should be denied a diploma or graduation ceremonies because
of a low score on a state-mandated assessment. I think it's a breach of
faith on the part of the adults to deny such a thing. We are creating a
nation of dropouts and non-graduates who have every right to a diploma.
Renee
On Jul 21, 2011, at 12:24 PM, Denise Diana Saddler wrote:
Hi everyone,
As I read our class book, “The Shame of the Nation” by Kozol there are
many statements and questions about the state mandated assessments and
what is the true cause behind the state assessment(s). I recognized in
today’s society that many students who take the state assessment end
up with a stigma attach to them..... SNIP .....My question is should a
state mandated assessment stop a child from going to college even
although he or she has successfully completed all required high school
course work?
Denise Saddler
"The Buddha, the Godhead, resides quite as comfortably in the circuits
of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission as he does
at the top of the mountain, or in the petals of a flower."
~ Robert Pirsig ~ Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
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