Education Department 'Concerned' About Wave of Cheating Probes, Allegations
Published July 10, 2011
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In this Feb. 15 file photo, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan speaks at the Education Summit in Denver.
An Education Department official said Sunday that the department is "concerned" about the wave of investigations and allegations regarding cheating on standardized tests in several school systems, but stressed that most schools are "doing the right thing."
The latest development is in Washington, D.C., where the Education Department's inspector general joined the city's investigation into possible cheating following a newspaper report claiming more than 100 city schools had unusually high rates of erasures on exams between 2008 and 2010. The Washington Post first reported on the federal involvement.
The news came after a yearlong investigation in Atlanta showed 178 educators were involved in a
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