Cheating

Last week CNN featured a story about the impacts of high-stakes testing. One of the side effects born from a culture of narrow assessment is the pressure for students to cheat. I must admit, the innovation these students have demonstrated is most impressive. The reality, however, is tradgic. What will happen if we continue to assess students for purposes other than guiding instruction? What will be the implicit lesson for students?

Click on the link below to view How Students Cheat; a documentarty that explores some of the creative methods student employ to cheat in school. What would you do to begin to address this problem in your classroom?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZbcMMjEdP8