More Extrinsic Motivation

Here’s another example of paying young people to motivate them…

NY is thinking about paying young people to do well on standardized tests.

New York may pay students for high test scores
A Harvard economist has captured the interest of New York City’s mayor with a plan to give students $5 to $50 for high standardized test scores as a way to change behavior and reduce poverty, although a similar plan was dismissed as laughable by some education officials a few years ago. The New York Times (6/9), New York Daily News (6/9)

And here’s the other side of the story – 1000s of young people cheating on high stakes tests in Texas.

Analysis shows TAKS cheating rampant
State says it’s addressed the problem, but News uncovers more than 50,000 cases
05:29 PM CDT on Sunday, June 3, 2007 • By JOSHUA BENTON and HOLLY K. HACKER / The Dallas Morning News jbenton@dallasnews.com; hhacker@dallasnews.com
First of three parts

Tens of thousands of students cheat on the TAKS test every year, including thousands on the high-stakes graduation test, according to an in-depth data analysis by The Dallas Morning News.

This is two sides of the same coin. Unless WE (the infamous we) start thinking differently about this it is only going to get worse.

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