Incentives Can Make Or Break Students. Ethical Issues Come With Gains on Tests
| November 2, 2008 |  View for printing |
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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