Thursday, July 7, 2011

Shocking details of Atlanta cheating scandal - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Shocking details of Atlanta cheating scandal - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Shocking details of Atlanta cheating scandal

It’s one thing to say there was widespread cheating on standardized tests in Atlanta public schools, as the newly released results of a state investigation showed. It’s another thing to actually read the volunimous report. The details are shocking.

For those who haven’t been paying attention, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) on Tuesday released the results of a 10-month state investigation he had ordered into suspicions of cheating on state standardized Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (or CRCT) in the Atlanta School System.

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