Heidi Sweet Article….

The Miami Herald Reports on this teacher that got fired because she put pencil marks next to questions some fifth-graders had skipped or gotten wrong while taking Florida’s high-stakes standardized test to encourage them to try again.

The article says that she is one of the 50 Florida teachers, counselors and administrators the state has been disciplined in the past 10 years for cheating or making errors in giving the FCAT exam.

I can see putting pencil marks next to questions they skipped, but putting them next top the ones she got wrong was bad. I do think firing her was not good at all, but she did need a big punishment.