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Originally Posted by AGDee
But if *real* scores were used, wouldn't they have faced losing most of their federal funding due to NCLB? Basing funding on test scores is going to lead to things like this. I'm not justifying their behavior, just noting that people will do what they need to do to get funding if desperate.
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Exactly. Struggle comes from all sides. A predominantly poor district will have struggles even if it has "some of the highest funding per student in the state." That funding buffers some of the effects and gets the school district more (just "more") up to par. What happens once the school is supposedly up to par is a different story.
Misappropriated funds, teachers and staff who are considered inadequate for whatever reasons, and cheating scandals---all more likely to happen at certain districts no matter what state you are in.