Atlanta Schools Black Eye: Report Claims Educators Cheated
This article was published by the Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity.
An independent investigation under the direction of a blue ribbon commission has cited 109 Atlanta Public School principals, assistant principals and others for alleged cheating on student standardized tests. Cheating evidence was cited in 58 of Atlanta’s 84 public schools.
Investigators focused on 2009 tests that had abnormally high numbers of erasures and changed answers. The most serious violations were identified in one dozen schools where 78 educators were cited, though not by name because of possible legal action. The panel did not have authority to impose discipline that could range from reprimands to loss of teaching license. Continue reading
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