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I believe this applies to the tests used for No Child Left Behind, as well. I have heard of schools offering raffle prizes (boom box etc), pizza vouchers.... to get that figure up. Although our school doesn't do that, I know the principal sweats it out (I think 95% attendance is required?). And then there is the worry about kids who blow off the test, just running down the answer sheet and randomly filling in answers (yes, they do this). So our principal sweats that out too.</p>
<p>Because unless I'm wrong, whether a state has high stakes testing or not, we all have NCLB. (I certainly could be wrong; I've given up reading the news articles on the subject).</p>