Kaya Henderson on DCPS cheating allegations: Many doubt minority children can make big gains on tests - D.C. Schools Insider - The Washington Post

Kaya Henderson on DCPS cheating allegations: Many doubt minority children can make big gains on tests - D.C. Schools Insider - The Washington Post:

Kaya Henderson on DCPS cheating allegations: Many doubt minority children can make big gains on tests

By Bill Turque

Kaya Henderson (Marvin Joseph - WASHINGTON POST)

I sat down with Chancellor Kaya Henderson on Monday, the day before her comments to the Education Department symposium on cheating. She expanded on some of the themes that were the basis for her remarks to the conference. They include the contention--also made by her predecessor, Michelle Rhee-- that lurking within allegations of cheating in the District and other urban school systems is the belief that minority children can’t make significant gains on test scores without