[SMGFan]

I am wondering how many answers were left empty by students if they did not know the answer or ran out of time. The tests need to be sealed in the class with tamper evident tape. I think I remember in the 1970's California achievement Test ( Cat) in Jersey City. I think test were sealed in an envelope and immediately mailed. I could be mistaken.

[Momto2]

I believe this Georgia scandal is going to lead to other states looking into testing irregularities. It is sad but I believe they will find this is an epidemic. I hope I’m wrong, but have heard more and more disturbing examples.

[blueunicorn6]

I’m waiting for those doctors who make it through school by cheating.
“Scalpel.....some other sharp thingy.....Whoa! What the heck is this?.....ummmm....can somebody else finish this?”

[MikeNJ]

Further information from the article:

“A statewide test score analysis revealed 120 schools with a high wrong-to-right erasure rate where incorrect answers were swapped for correct ones when compared to the state average of 2.43 erasures per student, said DOE officials.

District officials in Bayonne and Union City were adamant that they followed normal procedures and no cheating occurred...

The DOE’s Office of Fiscal Accountability and Compliance will look into Jersey City Community Charter School’s 5.59 wrong-to-right erasure rate per student in Grade 3, since it doesn’t lie within the jurisdiction of a school district.

Bayonne’s Board of Education will inspect Midtown Community School 8’s 9.48 erasure rate in Grade 8, and Union City will prepare a report about Washington Elementary’s 5.80 erasure rate in Grade 3.”

[bgill]

It was either in 7th or 8th grade on day two of the California Achievement Test, the teacher placed one on each student’s desk. Several of us got someone else’s but the teacher wouldn’t let us switch. So much for the scores that year.