Running up the score

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Economist Steven Levitt alleges that cheating accounts for a statistically significant percentage of the measured improvement in test scores for Chicago grade schoolers. He believes that teachers in as many as five percent of classrooms began facilitating cheating to avoid sanctions for poor test scores.

Author: Merriner, James L.
Research, Officials and employees, Practice, Statistics, Educational tests, Economists, Educational tests and measurements, Cheating (Education), School superintendents, Duncan, Arne, Levitt, Steven D., Chicago, Illinois. Board of Education

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Fun and games

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The Chicago Sport and Social club was founded by Sandra Thomas to provide a vehicle for organizing recreational athletic teams and social occasions. It outgrew itself, was challenged by competitors, and ended up struggling for survival.

Author: Parr, Jan
Management, Clubs, Clubs (Associations), Chicago Sport and Social

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