Example 1:\u00a0Plagiarize\u00a0the original text by copying portions of it word-for-word.<\/p>\n
There will always be instability in these rankings, some of which will reflect \u201creal\u201d performance changes. But it is difficult to trust any performance rating if the odds of getting the same rating next year are no better than a coin toss.<\/span><\/p>\n Example 2:\u00a0Plagiarize\u00a0the original text by paraphrasing its structure too closely, without copying it word-for-word.<\/p>\n Instability in these rankings will always exist, some of which demonstrate \u201creal\u201d performance changes. It’s difficult to trust any performance rating if the chances of getting the same rating next year are the same as a coin toss.<\/p>\n Example 3:\u00a0Plagiarize\u00a0the original text by paraphrasing its structure too closely, and include a citation. Even though you cited it, paraphrasing too closely is still plagiarism.<\/p>\n Economist at New York University,\u00a0Sean Corcoran <\/span>studied the teacher evaluation systems in New York City and Houston.He concluded that the average margin of error of a NYC teacher was plus or minus 28 points (Ravitch 270).<\/p>\n Example 4:\u00a0Properly paraphrase\u00a0from the original text by restating the author\u2019s ideas in different words and phrases, and include a citation to the original source.<\/p>\n As asserted by Diana Ravitch, it is hard to differentiate between a the rankings of public school teachers because there is such a large margin of error in the calculations (Ravitch 270). This margin of error makes it difficult to assess a teachers real performance.<\/p>\n Example 5:\u00a0Properly paraphrase\u00a0from the original text by restating the author\u2019s ideas in different words and phrases, add a direct quote, and include a citation to the original source.<\/p>\n Assessing public school teachers is hard to do with today’s assessment tests. As Diana Ravitch writes “it is difficult to trust any performance rating if the odds of getting the same rating next year are no better than a coin toss” (Ravitch 270).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Example 1:\u00a0Plagiarize\u00a0the original text by copying portions of it word-for-word. There will always be instability in these rankings, some of which will reflect \u201creal\u201d performance changes. But it is difficult to trust any performance rating if the odds of getting the same rating next year are no better than a coin toss. Example 2:\u00a0Plagiarize\u00a0the original … Continue reading Avoiding Plagiarism<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1272,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions\/1272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}