"However, where possible, if we can eliminate potential breakdowns in test integrity, we should".
Raymond Nicosia, executive director of the testing service's office of testing integrity, said last night that employees of the College Board were aware that the 1,600 tests had not been rescored.
"And that's why, in his first two months in office, Commissioner King has moved swiftly to make test integrity one of the State Education Department's top priorities".
But Harold O. Levy, who was schools chancellor until a few months after the mayor gained control, said, "Erasure analysis is a key part of test integrity, and under my administration we maintained it and grew it".
Ray Nicosia, the executive director of the E.T.S. office of testing integrity, said the company investigated Mr. Bowen's case, discovered several more instances of fraud and canceled those scores.
Some features regarding the DIAS ground segment have also been included to test integrity algorithms that are part of the architecture conceived for the FODIAS.
Ideals were tested, integrity was questioned, partnerships crumbled, and these filmmakers were there to capture it all.
In the name of absolute fairness and test integrity, the New York State Education Department may want to consider suspending their high school diplomas until they retake the exams.
The Department of Education responded to the GAO's findings by holding a symposium on test integrity and issuing a follow-up report on best practices and policies.
And states where the worst offenses are occurring already have adopted most of the practices identified in the report, making it unlikely that greater security will improve test integrity.
