Sentences with phrase «inflated scores at»

After he raised the issue of inflated scores at a May 2008 meeting, an education official confronted him — and he was soon told his services were no longer needed.

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Palermo pulled off similar s *** in the pastore deal... they overrated their own player... spoke about interest from number of clubs and ended up selling him at a HUGELY inflated price And paying 40mil euros for a young player who scored 17 goals in a league where even gervinho is considered a star is beyond ridiculous.

The probe followed a 2009 audit that found inflated grades for Regents examinations because of scoring inaccuracies at the district level.

Although these gains are impressive, a USA Today investigative team has expressed concerns that, at least in some schools, those test - score results might have been improperly inflated.

Incidents of tampering with a set of standardized tests were probably the result of intra-office quarrels rather than an attempt to get away with inflating scores, according to an independent investigation into the suspicious test results at Beacon Hill International School in Seattle.

One case stands apart: In Atlanta, several school officials were convicted in 2015 of participating in a conspiracy to inflate test scores that involved at least 200 educators and 40 schools.

Overusing Test for Special Ed Students Inflates API Scores A deeper look at the results shows not only inflation contributing to the gains but also a substantial policy shift toward lower expectations for special education students in California.

«The evidence is strong that you can inflate scores on performance tasks,» he said, urging that the city at least try out the tests for a year or two before they count for teachers.

Wysocki said there is another possible explanation: Many students arrived at her class in August 2010 after receiving inflated test scores in fourth grade.