says it s the pressure to get the scores up and the bonus for doing so that is causing the impropriety. it wasn t done at the classroom level. it was done after the test left the class and possibly before they arrived downtown. so you are saying the teachers didn t do it? absolutely. we are talking about administrators, coordinators. these are erasers done by the students? i think we should assume the erasers were done by students. if they were not, we have a testing violation. henderson says eight schools were flagged, but all were cleared. u.s.a. today points out that former chancellor, michelle reid took a special interest in noise as an example of how sweeping reforms could transform the lowest performing schools. she awarded them for boosting scores. each teacher won a bonus. the principal got $10,000. i understand especially in an environment where there are significant rewards for test scores and where there are significant consequences, that some people wo