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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Utterly feckless, lethargic D.C. cheating probe exposed, WaPost

Utterly feckless, lethargic D.C. cheating probe exposed, WaPost

Utterly feckless, lethargic D.C. cheating probe exposed, WaPost

Written by Jay Mathews for the Washington Post. Read the entire article here. Also read the comment on US DOE Arne Duncan’s statement that appears to clear DCPS in advance.

“Turque exposed the utter fecklessness and lethargy of the D.C. investigation of unusual numbers of wrong-to-right erasures on answer sheets for the D.C. Comprehensive Assessment System tests. He compared what D.C. has been doing to what the state of Georgia did to expose cheating by nearly 180 educators in Atlanta………Do we need to know any more to see that D.C. is on a path to kiss this issue off big time?

Imagine the future press conference where the D.C. Inspector General reveals he is satisfied that just a few schools were involved in the cheating and that all that is necessary is to fire some rookie teachers and provide