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Here are some interesting articles regarding College Board/ETS District Deeds received and discovered during the past week…

ENJOY! 

SD Unified sues College Board over invalidated AP tests

San Diego Union Tribune

Quote from Article:

“Many students have told district officials and trustees that they will be traveling on vacation or at work during the upcoming testing times. Superintendent Cindy Marten said the district is working at creating a way for students to submit claims to be reimbursed any expense they faced in re-taking the tests.”

District Deeds Synopsis:

District Deeds is pretty sure that most all San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) Stakeholders, especially those from Scripps Ranch High School that are so negatively impacted by the AP Test Debacle including the College Board ruling, have already read and re-read this article.

What everyone might not have noticed, and the reason we decided to post this article, is what Supt. Cindy Marten admitted to.

It could be that by Marten suggesting that the SDUSD is “working at creating a way for students to submit claims to be reimbursed any expense they faced in re-taking the tests.” she is basically admitting that the SDUSD holds some level of liability for the AP Test Debacle.

The “claims to be reimbursed” refers to the SDUSD Claim Form that asks the following question:

State how the San Diego Unified School District or its employees are alleged to be at fault:

It seems like, from a completely layman position, that it would be hard for the SDUSD students “to be reimbursed any expense” unless the SDUSD admits that it’s employees are actually AT “fault”.

In other words, if the College Board lawsuit fizzles, the impacted SDUSD students may (or may not) have another option.

California Education Code restricts certain types of payments so if it ISN’T a claim, we are not sure how any Student could be paid for “any expense” within those rules

Like we said earlier and in our blog disclaimer, we are not legal experts and you should NEVER take our musings as any type of legal advise…but you may want to talk to a lawyer about your “reimbursed” options.

The College Board Fails the Test

–HUFFPOST

Quote from Article:

“The College Board was founded in 1900, supposedly to expand access to college and simplify the admission process. It was and continues to be, at least in name, a non-profit organization, serving a public purpose supposedly justifying its tax-exempt status. While its initial purpose may or may not have been salutary, its current impact is corrosive.

As to its public purpose, it has been de-facto privatized for decades. It has built a virtual monopoly on testing, profiting from the creation and execution of the testing program and its copyrighted materials. Its executives are paid very high salaries. According to a CNN report, recently retired President Gaston Caperton was paid more than $1 million per year. The College Board has grown into a nearly $700 million per year corporation that exerts undeserved and harmful influence on secondary and post-secondary education. It has used aggressive business practices to make its goods and services indispensible to education, profiting from nearly every college bound child in America with each transaction.”

District Deeds Synopsis:

A generally negative article about the College Board.  Gives some good background and opines on how the AP tests makes students “see college as another system to game, not a life to love.”

There are some good facts included in the article but if you want a more positive opinion of AP, take the writers suggestion and Google Washington Post Columnist Jay Mathews AP test.

 

SAN DIEGO UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT, a public entity, and
SCRIPPS RANCH GROUP, an
unincorporated association,
Plaintiffs,
v.
EDUCATIONAL TESTING
SERVICES, a New York corporation;
and COLLEGE ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION BOARD, a New
York corporation; and DOES 1-50,
inclusive,
Defendants

Legal Document

Quote from Document:

“3. For a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, and a
permanent injunction, all requiring Defendants, and each of them, and their agents,
servants, and employees, and all persons acting under or in concert with, to grade
and validate the May 2017 AP tests and to report the results to the requested
colleges and universities;”

District Deeds Synopsis:

Only 2 things:

  1. Document cited no legal precedents supporting the case.
  2. Document does not mention the California Education Code that supports the College Board/ETS actions.

But hey—we aren’t high paid legal experts and maybe neither of those points even matter. GOOD LUCK in your case!!!

Now, with the theme of innocent Students being dealt a bad hand through no fault of their own, here is the quote of the week:

One must never forget that life is unfair. But sometimes, with a bit of luck, this works in your favour.

-Peter Mayle

 

Have a Great Week!

 

 

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