Boy "Playing School" Orders Secret PA School Assessment Tests
04.22.09 |
Pennsylvania education officials say a 10-year-old boy "playing school" was able order a batch of secret state school assessment tests from his home. A spokeswoman for the Hempfield Area School District near Pittsburgh says the boy was not trying to cheat or view the tests in advance. They were delivered, shrink-wrapped, to a district warehouse and were never opened.
State education officials say only a district's test coordinator is supposed to be able to order the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests, known as the PSSAs. The tests are used to measure student achievement and how well schools are educating students. School officials say the boy found two codes he needed to order the tests on a state Department of Education website.
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