Experts Divide on Responses to Cheating

Autor/in	Samuels, Christina A.
Titel	Experts Divide on Responses to Cheating
Quelle	In: Education Week, 30 (2011) 37, S.1 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	Cheating; Testing; High Stakes Tests; Accountability; Ethics; Student Behavior; Scores; Teacher Behavior; Administrator Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Principals; Teachers; Educational Administration; Standardized Tests; Student Evaluation; School Districts; District of Columbia; Georgia; Maryland; New York; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prellen; Testdurchführung; Testen; Verantwortung; Ethik; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Principal; Schulleiter; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; School district; Schulbezirk
Abstract	The cheating scandal that has rocked the 48,000-student Atlanta school system was an egregious, but not entirely unexpected, byproduct of accountability pressures, many testing experts say. The reason: As long as test scores are used in any field to make decisions on rewards or punishments, including for schools or educators, a small percentage of people will be willing to bend the rules--or break them. But the allegations of systematic test alteration by teachers and principals in Atlanta, along with recent accusations of cheating in Baltimore, the District of Columbia, Philadelphia and other districts, have highlighted a split between those arguing for improved test management and security and those who ask if it is better to scrap high-stakes testing altogether. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10