Sentences with phrase «manipulation of student test scores»

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Second, Rick thinks there is an inconsistency in my suspicion that test - prep and manipulation are largely responsible for test score improvements by Milwaukee choice schools after they were required to take high - stakes tests, while I interpret research from Florida as showing schools made exceptional test score gains when faced with the prospect of having vouchers offered to their students if scores did not improve.

The manipulation hurts the most needy students, said he center's president, Bob Shaeffer: «Most of the most significant cases of cheating have occurred in low income communities where students have historically had the lowest test scores.»