Sentences with phrase «of test score manipulation»

The Causes and Consequences of Test Score Manipulation: Evidence from the New York Regents Examinations ∗

In just the past three academic years, FairTest has documented confirmed cases of test score manipulation in 33 states plus the District of Columbia.

By contrast, Rockoff et al.'s Regents Exam analysis found very little evidence of test score manipulation in quantitative subjects.

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The Committee has received and is investigating reports suggesting corruption, self - dealing, the manipulation of test scores in charter schools and the politicization of the charter school movement.

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.

In this paper, we show that the design and decentralized, school - based scoring of New York's high school exit exams — the Regents Examinations — led to the systematic manipulation of test sores just below important proficiency cutoffs.

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.»

In this paper, we show that the design and decentralized, school - based scoring of New York's high school exit exams — the Regents Examinations — led to the systematic manipulation of test sores just