Districts 'scrubbing' away thousands of students' test scores
In this era of academic accountability, the test scores of thousands of Ohio public-school students are being left behind. That's because districts are allowed to throw out test scores -- "scrub" them, in testing parlance -- of students who are not continuously enrolled from October through the testing dates in March and May. A Plain Dealer analysis shows that from 14 percent to 32 percent of the scores in grades 4 to 10 were eliminated in 2007 -- the year the district rejoiced over an improved state ranking.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer - Edith Starzyk, Scott Stephens and Thomas Ott, 9/8/2008