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New evidence: Philadelphia test cheating is likely far worse than previously revealed | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

New evidence: Philadelphia test cheating is likely far worse than previously revealed | Philadelphia Public School Notebook:


New evidence: Philadelphia test cheating is likely far worse than previously revealed

By Benjamin Herold and Dale Mezzacappa
for WHYY/NewsWorks and the Notebook

The scope of the Philadelphia School District’s problem with suspicious erasures on state standardized tests is far more widespread than officials have publicly revealed.
But so far state and District investigators have launched deeper probes into suspected cheating at only a third of the 53 schools where strong evidence was found.
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Suspicious erasure patterns at 53 schools

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