A California college has admitted that one of its officials inflated its SAT scores for six years to boost the school’s place in annual college rankings.
The president of Claremont McKenna, a small private liberal arts school in Claremont, Calif., sent an e-mail to the college community saying that a senior administrator had acknowledged submitting phony scores to publications such as U.S. News & World Report since 2005. The New York Times reported that the person, whom President Pamela B. Gann did not name, was most likely Richard C. Vos, vice president and dean of admissions, whose name is no longer listed among top official on the college Web site.
The story goes on to report about another instance in which another college administrator at a different school did something similar because he was promised a bonus if the school's rankings improved. That reminded me of the Atlanta teacher scandal where a number of faculty changed test scores because they were motivated by a similar incentive program.
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