Running up the score
Article Abstract:
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.
Publisher: Tribune Company
Publication Name: Chicago
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0362-4595
Year: 2001
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
Publication Name: Chicago
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0362-4595
Year: 2001
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Fun and games
Article Abstract:
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.
Publisher: Tribune Company
Publication Name: Chicago
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0362-4595
Year: 2001
Management, Clubs, Clubs (Associations), Chicago Sport and Social
Publication Name: Chicago
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0362-4595
Year: 2001
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