Latest News and Comment from Education

Sunday, August 12, 2012

School executive fired for cheating on tests receives $245,000 settlement - Portland K-12 | Examiner.com

School executive fired for cheating on tests receives $245,000 settlement - Portland K-12 | Examiner.com:


School executive fired for cheating on tests receives $245,000 settlement



 A charter school executive had set up organized cheating on standardized tests.


The Los Angeles Times learned on Friday that a Los Angeles charter school executive who filed a wrongful termination suit won $245,000 in a settlement.
The settlement was reached in April and has a confidentiality clause. It was reached between the board of Crescendo charter schools and its founder and former chief executive John Allen.
Allen was terminated from his job after allegations surfaced that he ordered school principals to have teachers review the 2010 standardized tests in order to achieve higher scores. Before tests were to be given in May, a few teachers went to the Los Angeles Unified School District