TC Weber raises questions:
This week The Tennessean‘s Andrea Williams reported that the Tennessee Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating allegations involving the use of credit recovery in MNPS.
Wade, a former counselor at Stratford High School, has questioned whether MNPS has been following those rules.
Among the examples she has raised is a student who reportedly entered senior year with only 3.5 high school credits but managed to work through Integrated Math I, II and III, along with pre-calculus, in a single year.
Read that again.
Integrated Math I.
Integrated Math II.
Integrated Math III.
Pre-calculus.
One year.
Maybe that’s possible.
But if we’re going to tout graduation rates as evidence of academic success, somebody ought to be willing to explain how that works.
Wade alleges students were routinely pushed into credit recovery even when they weren’t eligible.
Even more troubling, she alleges administrators instructed teachers monitoring test-for-credit exams to advise students to revisit incorrect answers until they reached the required 60-percent benchmark.
Weber is careful to note these are allegations – an investigation is happening.
