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2009 report identified dozens of PA schools for possible cheating | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

2009 report identified dozens of PA schools for possible cheating | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

2009 report identified dozens of PA schools for possible cheating

by Benjamin Herold and Dale Mezzacappa

Dozens of schools across the city and state were flagged in a study of 2009 state standardized test scores that sought to use statistical analysis to ferret out possible examples of cheating on the PSSA exam.

The analysis, prepared for the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) in July 2009, highlights roughly 60