North Carolina School Now Selling Test Points for $20

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:05 AM EST

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A middle school in North Carolina is selling test scores to students in a bid to raise money.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that a parent advisory council at Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro come up with the fundraising plan after last year's chocolate sale flopped.

The school will sell 20 test points to students for $20.

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Killfile

The critics are right. Yea, it might not make a difference in their final scores but this teaches the wrong lesson.

Our schools are already sufficiently lacking in any sort of meritocracy based social order that the smart kids are victimized. This takes away from them the one thing they actually have in their favor... and in Middle School to boot.

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#1 - Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:44 AM EST

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Courts

I don't understand how they can say that it doesn't make a difference in their final scores.

But even if it doesn't, this is unethical on whole new levels.

Great lesson for the kids--don't worry about hard work or intelligence--you can buy anything you need to get buy in life with money.

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#1.1 - Wed Nov 11, 2009 4:14 PM EST

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BrianAgness

It's not enough that wealthy families have greater advantages providing education to their children, now they can just buy their kids good grades...

This is ridiculous, absurd, and another example of what is wrong with America. Its true that you can buy anything these days.

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#1.2 - Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:53 AM EST

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Delawareonline - NC students can buy test grades in fundraiser	content.usatoday.net	Wed Nov 11	1
NC school sells test points for $20 to raise money	Yahoo! News	Wed Nov 11	6
For $20, kids can buy a better grade	NewsObserver.com	Wed Nov 11	6
NC school officials nix cash-for-grades fundraiser	Associated Press	Wed Nov 11	7

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