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D.C. Update: Allegedly False Test Scores Used for Value-Added Calculations - Teaching Now - Education Week Teacher

D.C. Update: Allegedly False Test Scores Used for Value-Added Calculations - Teaching Now - Education Week Teacher

D.C. Update: Allegedly False Test Scores Used for Value-Added Calculations

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Student test scores from 100 D.C. public schools still under investigation for cheating were used in value-added calculations that were incorporated into some teachers' evaluations this year, according to DCPS spokesperson Fred Lewis. More than 200 D.C. teachers were terminated last week on the basis of their evaluation results.

Only when "instances of cheating were confirmed" were affected student scores