Ijeoma Opara, Daneele Thorpe, David T Lardier, Deanna Parisi
Schools' Neighborhoods and Characteristics: Implications for Standardized Academic Achievement in Passaic, NJ's Elementary, Middle and High Schools
The Urban review
purpose present study evaluate various analytical means detect academic cheating experimental setting omega index compared contrasted given gold criterion academic cheating entailed discrepant score two administrations using experimental study real test takers participants 164 elementary school students administered mathematics exam followed equivalent mock exam conditions strict relaxed invigilation respectively discrepant scores defined exceeding 7 responses direction correct incorrect based expected due chance results indicated omega index successful capturing 39 cases exceeded conventional plus minus 7 discrepancy criteria concluded response similarity analysis may important tool detecting academic cheating