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Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing A recent national survey by the Philadelphia Inquirer found just half of states conduct statistical analyses of test results to identify possible cases of cheating. As the pressure to meet federally mandated test score targets as well as state-imposed goals continues to increase and is felt at every level, from […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing The uproar over alleged cheating at a Connecticut school has exposed some of the fallout from the overuse of tests. Psychological trauma to students, community anger and recriminations, and the specter of declining property values have all emerged from the cheating scandal. While attention has focused on the alleged cheating, […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Reports of cheating and testing errors continue to accumulate across the nation in parallel with the increase in testing volume and pressures to improve scores (see Examiner, Spring-Summer 2004). CheatingSchool administrators, lacking access to the anti-cheating spell used on Harry Potter’s Hogwarts classmates, are resorting to other responses to outbreaks […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Texas, which led the way in test-driven school reform, is now dealing with one of the more nefarious consequences of high-stakes testing: pervasive cheating allegations that seem to consume ever more state education resources and attention. Texas education officials announced in August that 699 schools would be investigated for cheating […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing As more and more states and districts impose high-stakes tests for promotion and graduation, the number of reported cheating instances by administrators, teachers and students is on the rise. For example, Georgia’s Professional Standards Commission saw one case of improper administration of standardized tests three years ago, but 25 cases […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing Cheating reports continue to demonstrate the corrupting influence of high-stakes testing on administrators, teachers, and students. A large study of 68,000 college and high school students by Duke University’s Center for Academic Integrity found 70 percent admitted to having cheated, up from 56 percent in 1963. Among the latest examples […]

It’s been a watershed week in the campaign for better forms of assessment for children and schools. Indictments in the Atlanta cheating scandal reveal rot at the core of the test-and-punish strategy while protests by parents, teachers, and students are exploding around the nation, including the U.S. Department of Education startingon Thursday, April 4. Atlanta […]

for further information: Bob Schaeffer (239) 395-6773 cell (239) 699-0468 for immediate release, Thursday, March 28, 2013 STANDARDIZED EXAM CHEATING CONFIRMED IN 37 STATES AND D.C.;NEW REPORT SHOWS WIDESPREAD TEST SCORE CORRUPTION As an Atlanta grand jury considers indictments against former top school officials in a test cheating scandal and the annual wave of high-stakes […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing FairTest Examiner – July 2007 In ever increasing numbers, reports of schools and districts tampering with high-stakes exams, facilitating cheating or turning a blind eye to inappropriate test-taking behavior continue to occur. The harsh penalties and heavy pressure of the current testing requirements of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and […]

Status: Archived Subject: K-12 Testing While President George W. Bush continues to promote No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and take credit for its “successes,” back home in Texas, the NCLB model state, a cheating scandal widens. Reports of widespread, institutionalized cheating are causing some to link an overemphasis on test scores with increasing pressure on […]