Ditch Testing: Lessons from the Cheating Scandal in Atlanta (Part 1)
Ditch Testing: Lessons from the Cheating Scandal in Atlanta (Part 1) Last week a state investigation in Georgia confirmed massive cheating in Atlanta Public Schools. A total of 178 educators in 44 elementary and middle schools in the district were named in the report as participants in cheating on the state’s standardized test mandated by NCLB. This is not the first and certainly won’t be the last case of corruption in the nation’s schools. There are ongoing investigations in many other locales, most recently, Philadelphia. While laying blame on these educators, ...
