NYC Public School Parents: Too little and much too late, the Times finally reports on the state test score scandal

NYC Public School Parents: Too little and much too late, the Times finally reports on the state test score scandal

Too little and much too late, the Times finally reports on the state test score scandal

by Leonie Haimson

In yesterday’s front page story, entitled "On NY School Tests, Warning Signs Ignored," the NY Times recounted the history of the state test score inflation that left its own deficient reporting conveniently off the hook.

Anyone who was paying attention knew at least as far back as 2007 that there was rampant test score inflation, primarily through articles by Erin Einhorn and other reporters at the Daily News. These articles, which themselves relied on analysis from testing experts like Fred Smith, revealed that the test score inflation started as early as 2002, with questions and scoring becoming easier over time.

See this 2007 article on our blog by Steve Koss, relating the ingenious experiment done by Einhorn in which she