School pays students to take test

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I probably have better things to do, but I was prompted to step into the blogosphere by the announcement of this story.

Denver schools have a scheme that pays kids at Manual High School to take the CSAP test. This is paid for by private donors. The principal calls it bribery and reluctantly admits that it works.

~~~"I don't believe in it, but it works," Stein said Thursday.~~~

Paying students to show up for the state mandated testing has resulted in 100% attendance. Some people might call this pay for performance. But, of course, this would be anathema to the teachers' union who resist any attempt to associate performance with rewards.

I wonder if they view the payment of salaries as a form of bribery.
Should we bribe employees to show up for work?
Perhaps.
How else will we be able to continue funding the "entitlement" programs that pay people for doing absolutely nothing, which, of course, is exactly what the "union thugs" want.

---dan