Other reports To Catch a Cheat July 1, 2006 | Brian Jacob, Steven Levitt The pressures of accountability may encourage school personnel to doctor the results from high-stakes tests. Here’s how to stop...
EPI Working papers Rotten Apples: An Investigation of the Prevalence and Predictors of Teacher Cheating December 1, 2002 | Brian Jacob, Steven Levitt We develop an algorithm for detecting teacher cheating that combines information on unexpected test score fluctuations and suspicious patterns of answers for students in a classroom. Using data from the Chicago Public Schools, we estimate that...
