Incentives Can Make Or Break Students. Ethical Issues Come With Gains on Tests

The inducements range from prepaid cellphones to MP3 players to gift certificates. But most of them are cash: $10 for New York City seventh-graders who complete a periodic test; $50 for Chicago high school freshmen who ace their courses; as much as $110 to Baltimore students for improved scores on the Maryland High School Assessments.

By Bill Turque
Washington Post Staff Writer

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