Step 1: Plagiarize any portion of the original text by copying portions of it word-for-word.
\nHe found that the average \u201cmargin of error\u201d of a New York City teacher was plus or minus 28 points. So, a teacher who has ranked at the 43rd percentile compared to his or her peers might actually be anywhere between the 15th percentile and the 71st percentile.<\/p>\n
Step 2: Plagiarize any portion of the original text by paraphrasing its structure too closely, without copying it word-for-word.<\/p>\n
A teacher who receives a specific ranking during one year of work is likely to get a different ranking during the next year. There will always be uncertainty in these rankings.<\/p>\n
Step 3: Plagiarize any portion of the original text by paraphrasing its structure too closely, with a citation the original source (using any academic citation style). Remember, even if you include a citation, paraphrasing too closely is still plagiarism.<\/p>\n
But it is hard to trust any performance rating if the chances of receiving the same rating during the next year are no better than the flip of a coin (Ravitch, 270-271).<\/p>\n
Step 4: Properly paraphrase any portion of the original text by restating the author\u2019s ideas in your own diction and style, and include a citation to the original source.<\/p>\n
The rankings of the teachers in New York City have a large margin of error. It has grown as large as 28 points. This margin of error also oscillates every year therefore it is very unpredictable (Ravitch, 270-271).<\/p>\n
Step 5: Properly paraphrase any portion of the original text by restating the author\u2019s ideas in your own diction and style, supplemented with a direct quotation of a key phrase, and include a citation to the original source.<\/p>\n
The margin of error amongst the teachers in New York City is very large and unpredictable. Corcoran supports this claim with, “the average \u201cmargin of error\u201d of a New York City teacher was plus or minus 28 points. So, a teacher who has ranked at the 43rd percentile compared to his or her peers might actually be anywhere between the 15th percentile and the 71st percentile. The value-added scores also fluctuate between years (Ravitch, 270-271).”<\/p>\n
Original source:\u00a0Diane Ravitch,\u00a0The Death and Life of the Great American School System<\/em>(New York: Basic Books, 2011), pp. 270-71.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Step 1: Plagiarize any portion of the original text by copying portions of it word-for-word. He found that the average \u201cmargin of error\u201d of a New York City teacher was plus or minus 28 points. So, a teacher who has ranked at the 43rd percentile compared to his or her peers might actually be anywhere … Continue reading Avoiding Plagiarism<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/607"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5355"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5363,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5355\/revisions\/5363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}