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Organizational corruption, test score manipulation, and teacher hiring in Romania

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  • Cernat, Vasile

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This study investigated the relationship between organized corruption and the irregularities observed in the score distribution of Romania's national teaching hiring and mobility test, which determines eligibility for fixed-term and open-ended teaching positions. Despite its strict scoring rules, there was a significant excess of scores at the critical cut-off values. Both bunching analyses and binomial generalized linear mixed models identified organizational but not individual corruption, as a significant predictor of scoring irregularities at the minimum value required for open-ended positions.Organizational corruption was also associated with a higher probability that scoring precisely at this threshold value would secure an open-ended position. The results further indicated that other factors may contribute to the scoring irregularities at the minimum value required for the less desirable fixed-term positions.

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  • Cernat, Vasile, 2024. "Organizational corruption, test score manipulation, and teacher hiring in Romania," International Journal of Educational Development, Elsevier, vol. 105(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:injoed:v:105:y:2024:i:c:s0738059324000154
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.102993
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