The financial incentive to cheat seems to be a new issue and is certainly not even a valid issue at many schools. Nevada doesn't pay teachers bonuses. Teachers

The financial incentive to cheat seems to be a new issue and is certainly not even a valid issue at many schools. Nevada doesn't pay teachers bonuses. Teachers at Title I G schools will be eligible for bonuses in 2010-2011 but that is part of the Title I G grant. Of the only school I am aware of in Northern Nevada that is being investigated for cheating, the school is a charter school that also does not offer bonuses. My wifes very close friend taught there during the 2009-2010 school year (not the year causing the investigation) and the issue appears to be due to a breach in protocol during testing. An administrator had students from classes with young and inexperienced teachers that didn't know or weren't trained on the testing protocols called to his office. The claim is that these students tests weren't collected while they were out of the room, they were not escorted to the office, and the administrator coached them or provided them answers. There may be more schools under investigation in southern Nevada (Clark County/Las Vegas most likely). The other schools that I'm aware of being investigated are all charter schools. They are being investigated for misappropriation of funds or other abuses but not cheating.