cheers, Idiom!

The ctbs test did a great job measuring students thirty years ago. And the better school system used that test to check themselves. However, the CATS test does not have reliability or validity that the old ctbs test does. The question is this; does teaching to the test produce better wholly educated students? No it doesn’t. Moreover, because schools focus on the subject area tested that year, and ignore other areas; it hurts all students.

Thank you so much for responding and for your passion. I’d like to know specifically what “crack” you are talking about. I have taken great pains to present both sides of the issues and if you read all my posts, you would see that I have a great deal of respect for the majority or workers who tackled this incredibly difficult job. However, having a difficult job does not give a free pass on doing the job well and ethically. Some of your co-workers seem to think it does give them that license to take short cuts. As for walking a week in your shoes - I did walk in those shoes for many YEARS - both as a worker and as a supervisor.

Also, you should know that NO social services worker in Kentucky has ever been successfully sued. Secondly, the Cabinet and indivdual workers carry far more power and authority than you seem to realize. That being said, I have posted about judges and lawyers as well. You are correct, there are unethical practitioners in every profession. Please take more time and get the fuller picture of what I have written. This is, after all, the main thing I encourage workers to do - get the fuller picture.

Thanks again.

I work for CPS and I very much support the legislative efforts to make changes to safe guard the rights of families. At the same time I know that most of the CPS employees that I encounter want to do the right things but we all are human and therefore fallible. Secondly, social workers are not the only people involved in the decisions made for these families. We are just one piece of the puzzle that makes up the child welfare system. Is anyone bashing the judges who might make poor decisions to rip families apart unnecessarily and they are elected to office?

Working for CPS is one of the hardest jobs there is. Abuse and neglect is not cut and dry to determine. If we don’t act we get bombarded from the public and even possibly sued if a child is hurt. If we do act, people are ready to attack us for breaking up families. We go into dangerous places unannounced to try to protect these kids while dealing with people who are volatile. We have case loads and responsibilities that are not even humanly possible to manage. Yet you attack us. You couldn’t walk a week in these shoes.