Michelle Rhee's Cheating Scandal: School Test Score Irregularities - The Daily Beast

Michelle Rhee's Cheating Scandal: School Test Score Irregularities - The Daily Beast

Michelle Rhee's Cheating Scandal

Mar 28, 2011 10:06 PM EDT

The education reform superstar presided over substantial test score irregularities during her term as D.C. schools chancellor, an investigation has found—but Dana Goldstein says the findings are no surprise.

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The education reform superstar presided over substantial test score irregularities during her term as D.C. schools chancellor, an investigation has found—but Dana Goldstein says the findings are no surprise. Plus, Diane Ravitch blasts Michelle Rhee.

Bad education policy is no excuse for cheating—especially cheating from principals and teachers, whom we hope will serve as role models for our kids. But the sad truth is that we shouldn’t be surprised by USA Today’s disheartening findings on test score irregularities in the Washington, D.C., public schools during the reign of Michelle Rhee, the firebrand former chancellor best known for firing teachers, closing underperforming schools, and linking teacher and principal pay to student test scores. Such irregularities are,