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Common questions about analyzing tests for cheating
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Accusations of cheating in Texas schools began in earnest in 2004, when a series of stories in The News uncovered cheating in Wilmer-Hutchins schools in southern Dallas County. (article 3)
But eventually a TEA team found that two-thirds of the test proctors in the district's elementary schools had helped students improperly. (article 3)
Tens of thousands of students cheat on the TAKS test every year, including thousands on the high-stakes graduation test, according to an in-depth data analysis by The Dallas Morning News. (article 2)
The analysis - among the first of its kind on this scale - found cases where 30, 50 or even 90 percent of students had suspicious answer patterns that researchers say indicate collusion, either between students or with school staff. (article 2)
So, too, are other body parts (the sides of fingers), clothing (sleeves and shoe bottoms) and electronic devices (cellphones). (article 4)
Cheating is prevalent, according to researchers, and might well be at an all-time high, thanks to modern technology and an era of high-stakes standardized testing. (article 4)
Statistical methods similar to The News are used to detect cheating on major national tests like the SAT and are sometimes used to invalidate a test taker's scores. (article 1)
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Other stories about schools, students and test:
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schools, students, test, scores, charter |
Source articles
- Common questions about analyzing tests for cheating (dallasnews.com, 06/03/2007, 1075 words)
- Analysis shows TAKS cheating rampant (dallasnews.com, 06/03/2007, 3468 words)
- At TEA, years of inquiry, few concrete results (dallasnews.com, 06/03/2007, 412 words)
- THE CHEATING (Washington Post, 06/03/2007, 475 words)
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