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Article: Records Show N.Y. Teachers Cheating
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- October 28, 2003
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MICHAEL GORMLEY, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
10-28-2003
Dateline: ALBANY, N.Y.
High-stakes standardized testing has led to high-level cheating _ by teachers trying to gain an advantage for their students.
From 1999 through the spring of 2002, New York education officials found 21 proven cases of teacher cheating from Buffalo to Long Island, according to records obtained under the state Freedom of Information Law. Teachers usually reported cheating but some said the practice is more common than records show.
Teachers have read off answers during a test, sent students back to correct wrong answers, photocopied secure tests for use in class, inflated scores, and peeked at questions then ...