Lord, have mercy on me as I continue to grade my students' papers ...

[Imran Siddiqui]

So it's a slightly better education than a Catholic school in Texas?

Yep.

[rah]

Damn, gribbler beat me to it.

[Hauldren Collider]

The takeaway on this: The University of Phoenix employs teachers of the caliber of MrFun.

This is what I was getting at.

[Ben Kenobi]

The takeaway on this: The University of Phoenix employs teachers of the caliber of MrFun.

You said it, not me.

[Ben Kenobi]

So it's a slightly better education than a Catholic school in Texas?

Our students have to pass the same exams as all the other Texas students. I've had a pass rate of about 95 percent or so which is significantly above average. I've had two students fail in 3 years now.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/headlines/20130610-texas-high-school-students-struggle-on-key-staar-exams.ece

This gives you a better idea. I have the second highest pass rate at my school again, still behind the same really amazing teacher. I don't believe she's had anyone fail in 5+ years now.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Our students have to pass the same exams as all the other Texas students.

It's amusing that you think this is impressive

[Ben Kenobi]

It's amusing that you think this is impressive

Hey it pays my bills.

[Sava]

example question on a texas biology exam:

true or false, the world is 6,000 old

answer: true

[giblets]

Our students have to pass the same exams as all the other Texas students. I've had a pass rate of about 95 percent or so which is significantly above average. I've had two students fail in 3 years now.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/headlines/20130610-texas-high-school-students-struggle-on-key-staar-exams.ece

This gives you a better idea. I have the second highest pass rate at my school again, still behind the same really amazing teacher. I don't believe she's had anyone fail in 5+ years now.

Well whoopdy do your students passed an easy U.S. History test that indicates a bare minimum level of knowledge.

[Ben Kenobi]

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/staar/testquestions/

Have at it Sava.

[Ben Kenobi]

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=2147503471&libID=2147503465

These are samples of the social studies questions fwiw.

If you're going to attack Texas, at least be informed as to what the test actually teaches.

[Dinner]

I feel sorry for MrFun's students.

Why? He might actually know the topic well even if he falls short in other areas. After all, isn't the topic the thing which really matters for a teacher?

[Dinner]

Well whoopdy do your students passed an easy U.S. History test that indicates a bare minimum level of knowledge.

Many states even water down the test to such a basic level it becomes a joke. That means they can announce a 99% passing rate and their rankings go up in the No Child Left Behind rankings while the states which actually enforce hard and meaningful standards only get 70% passing rates so their rankings go down. I sure as hell wouldn't want my kids going to the "everybody gets an A" school though.

[Ben Kenobi]

I suggest Dinner click on the link before commenting on the quality of the test.

[Sava]

those students probably don't even know that texas was founded by slaving raping illegal immigrants