In the CNN article: Cheating report confirms teacher’s suspicions by Paul Frysh, it talks about the cheating scandals that happened within the Atlanta school system between 2007-2009. It began with a pressure on state tests being tied to teacher’s teaching abilities and the pressure of federal funding for school. Both Teachers and Principals were concerned for their jobs when the Superintendent suggested removing those that did not have a high degree of students with high test scores. This led to teachers and principals changing students answers personally and when reading the test change their voice to indicate answers. The result was higher test scores for students within the school which in turn resulted in bonuses for the entire staff.
In the article it mentioned East Lake Elementary School as one such school that participated in the cheating scandal (2011). According to the article superintendent Hall suggested that principals that did not meet the goals of the test would be replaced. This is an example of a negative incentive within the school district. Both teacher’s and principles were told by Hall to fear for their jobs if they could not bring up the test scores of their students. Our textbook describes …show more content…
While an economist could look at the situation and say that the teachers were just taking advantage of what was presented to them that does not mean it is right to do. In Proverbs 19:1 (NIV) it says, “Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse”. While the teachers that did not participate may have less money in their pockets, they are able to walk with their heads high. At the end of the day have a job because they chose to stand above the cheating and incentives offered to them, while those who chose to cheat have lost their job and subsequent income due to their
In the article it mentioned East Lake Elementary School as one such school that participated in the cheating scandal (2011). According to the article superintendent Hall suggested that principals that did not meet the goals of the test would be replaced. This is an example of a negative incentive within the school district. Both teacher’s and principles were told by Hall to fear for their jobs if they could not bring up the test scores of their students. Our textbook describes …show more content…
While an economist could look at the situation and say that the teachers were just taking advantage of what was presented to them that does not mean it is right to do. In Proverbs 19:1 (NIV) it says, “Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse”. While the teachers that did not participate may have less money in their pockets, they are able to walk with their heads high. At the end of the day have a job because they chose to stand above the cheating and incentives offered to them, while those who chose to cheat have lost their job and subsequent income due to their