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Given that most students have fairly stable scores from one year to the next, standard deviations of 3 or more are so unusual that Cizek, the testing specialist in North Carolina, likens gains on that scale to "a miracle in a bottle."
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Cizek says even the most powerful curriculum changes or educational interventions usually produce gains of only a quarter or half a standard deviation.
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Michal Cizek/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A man posed on his horse during a show at the Czech Wild West theme park in Boskovice, central Moravia, on Thursday.
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To educators who say they know how to produce such big gains, Cizek says, they should be selling that.
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To educators who say they know how to produce such big gains, Cizek says, they should be selling that.
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"The rooster is guarding the hen house," said Gregory Cizek, a University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill professor involved in analysis of Atlanta's schools.
Under Immense Pressure, Educators Accused of Tampering With Tests Joy Resmovits 2011
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"The rooster is guarding the hen house," said Gregory Cizek, a University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill professor involved in analysis of Atlanta's schools.
Under Immense Pressure, Educators Accused of Tampering With Tests Joy Resmovits 2011
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"The state is having the same reaction Georgia educators had to that first report," Cizek said.
Under Immense Pressure, Educators Accused of Tampering With Tests Joy Resmovits 2011
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"The state is having the same reaction Georgia educators had to that first report," Cizek said.
Under Immense Pressure, Educators Accused of Tampering With Tests Joy Resmovits 2011
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Given the mounting pressure on teachers, principals and superintendents to produce high scores, "no one has incentives to vigorously pursue" testing irregularities, says Gregory Cizek, a professor at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill who studies cheating.
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