Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Review of the Literature -- Chapter 3: The Research Process -- Chapter 4: Macro-Context: Professional Identity and the Public Space -- Chapter 5: Meso-Context: Professional Identity and the Professional Space -- Chapter 6: Micro Context: Professional...

In this paper, we show that the design and decentralized, school-based scoring of New York's high school exit exams – the Regents Examinations – led to the systematic manipulation of test sores just below important proficiency cutoffs. Our estimates suggest that teachers inflate...

In this paper, we show that the design and decentralized, school-based scoring of New York's high school exit exams - the Regents Examinations - led to the systematic manipulation of test sores just below important proficiency cutoffs. Our estimates suggest that teachers inflate approximately 40...