tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88218403407510136.post1710038932124474902..comments2023-07-07T04:54:42.112-04:00Comments on Walking to School: Cheating on tests...Mary Tedrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568681356512308199noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88218403407510136.post-85022038888351539742010-02-13T12:01:07.394-05:002010-02-13T12:01:07.394-05:00Great post, Mary (and the HS head shot...priceless...Great post, Mary (and the HS head shot...priceless). In "Freakonomics" the authors included a chapter on a similar cheating outbreak in Chicago P.S.--and calculated the likelihood of cheating as stakes were raised. Guess what? The more public pressure you put on people, the greater the chance that they will cheat, in some way.<br /><br />Anthony has a great point--it's perhaps more Nancy Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047575960944913289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88218403407510136.post-14767221997037678492010-02-12T12:24:42.404-05:002010-02-12T12:24:42.404-05:00It is unclear who is responsible for the erasures....It is unclear who is responsible for the erasures. An expert is saying he believes the cheating was "orchestrated from above" rather than being the result of individual teachers. But the outcome is that all of us get a black eye.<br /><br />Those of us who work in low performing schools have three options. One is to accept that the mandates are impossible to meet, and hold our heads AnthonyCodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14617062778158876998noreply@blogger.com