An outstanding question is whether these improvements reflect strategic behavior by schools that face strong incentives to improve their test scores. (educationnext.org)
In doing so, they combined theories of strategic behavior with those of resource depletion and restoration, leading to what they term an «oscillating tragedy of the commons.» (sciencedaily.com)
I find no evidence that schools that receive a fail rating are able to inflate test - score performance by gaming the system, suggesting that oversight by inspectors may mitigate such strategic behavior. (educationnext.org)