{"id":1021,"date":"2010-09-02T20:56:28","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T10:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mindtomind.com\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2015-02-13T06:27:36","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T12:27:36","slug":"cheating_teachers_teach_students_cheat_government_naplan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindtomind.com\/test\/cheating_teachers_teach_students_cheat_government_naplan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheating Teachers Teach Students to Cheat Government"},"content":{"rendered":"

A government program<\/strong> (NAPLAN<\/strong>) to help inform families what quality, or lack of quality, schools Australia<\/strong> wide are demonstrating has been corrupted<\/strong> by the very same teaching industry<\/strong> it was meant to support.<\/p>\n

The focal point is an Internet based comparison of schools across the nation.\u00a0 This would also represent where families may prefer to move their children to more prominently positioned schools.\u00a0 So, by creation of the comparisons that were easily accessible by concerned families, it forced the school system to face the words that strike fear<\/strong> into the heart of traditional teachers everywhere \u2013 \u201cOutcome Based Teaching<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer:<\/span><\/h3>\n

Before I get started, please recognize that this article is not meant to villainize anyone.\u00a0 Teachers and school administrators are human, with human responses to circumstances presented to them.\u00a0 It is unfortunate that a few bad apples spoil it for the lot.\u00a0 The ramifications of the actions of the few have caused much grief for everyone concerned.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

But, even beyond this vile action, teachers everywhere need to remember how much they influence the next generation of adults in the ways they think, act and feel about issues that will crop up in their adult life.\u00a0 If their sense of justice is skewed, so will the results in how they address their circumstances.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Moving on\u2026<\/span><\/h3>\n

So, let\u2019s first discover why this would cause teachers<\/strong> and school administrators<\/strong> to support such dire actions.\u00a0 When people move their children to a more affluent school, the school they left loses money.\u00a0 OUCH!<\/strong><\/span> The money then is given to the school that gains more students.\u00a0 The more affluent school then is attracting more money.\u00a0 (That\u2019s good for the administration of that school.)\u00a0 So really it all comes down to money, NOT quality of education<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Now, let\u2019s find out what these enterprising teachers<\/strong> and administrators chose to do to keep their position, or even raise their position, with regards of this new charted system.\u00a0 Standardized tests<\/strong> were given out to all the schools.\u00a0 Testing was to be scheduled, proctored, and the individual students were NOT to be coached on answering the questions on the test in any way.\u00a0 Therefore, the results of the tests would show which schools were doing a better job teaching their students than their counterparts.<\/p>\n

The Conspiracy:\u00a0 Teachers cheated.<\/span><\/h1>\n

Here are some examples of what took place:<\/p>\n