Standardized Test Cheating

Oklahoma The Latest In National String Of Test Cheating

Posted 03.28.2012

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With mounting pressure from performance benchmarks on standardized tests, an increasing number of cheating scandals are unfolding across the country a...

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WATCH: Ex-Schools Chief Threatens State Official Over 'Gestapo Tactics' Cheating Probe

The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 03.19.2012

A former Georgia school superintendent at two districts has been caught on tape bullying and threatening a state education official. The recording was...

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Probe Uncovers Another 'Tragedy' Of Cheating Teachers

Posted 12.21.2011

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State investigators have implicated 49 principals and teachers from a Georgia school district in a four-month probe of cheating allegations against ed...

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Former Atlanta Schools Chief: 'I Can't Make You Cheat'

Posted 01.28.2012

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In her first official television interview since investigators uncovered one of the largest cheating scandals in public school history, former Atlanta...

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Are Standardized Tests Pushing Teachers To Cheat?

Posted 01.08.2012

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From Georgia's southern charm to California's golden beaches, the east and west coasts boast cultures of their own. But one particular culture -- one ...

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Atlanta High Schools Broke Rules To Meet Performance Standards

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Alan Judd | Posted 12.24.2011

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A learning disability made school hard for Chantel Cox. But she always stayed on grade level and looked forward to earning a high school diploma. She ...

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LISTEN: Why Teachers Cheat And How To Deal With The Problem

Posted 12.19.2011

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The teacher cheating scandal in Atlanta that was uncovered this year has rocked the country and cast a national spotlight on educators and standardize...

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Atlanta Public Schools Teachers Cheating Scandal: First Round Of Punishments Announced

AP | By DORIE TURNER | Posted 10.13.2011

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ATLANTA -- A Georgia state commission decided Thursday to revoke the teaching licenses of eight teachers and three school administrators in the Atlant...

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First Punishments In Atlanta Cheating Scandal To Be Issued

The Huffington Post | Emmeline Zhao | Posted 02.14.2012

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About a dozen Atlanta educators implicated in the district's cheating scandal find out Thursday whether Georgia education officials will strip them of...

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Cheating Teachers In Connecticut Lose Some Pay As Punishment

Posted 12.10.2011

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Twelve teachers who were involved in a Connecticut test tampering scandal are losing 20 days pay and must serve 25 hours of community service by tutor...

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A Culture of Cheating

Isabelle Taft | Posted 11.22.2011

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Neither my elementary school, Mary Lin, nor my middle school, Inman, were implicated in the cheating report, yet if an alien from Planet X were to visit either one of these schools in early April in any given year, he would probably think that students, teachers, and staff spent all their time worshipping a being called the CRCT with cult-like devotion.

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Atlanta Goes Online To Find Replacements For Cheating Teachers

Posted 11.27.2011

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In an attempt to fill teaching positions still left open by teachers implicated in Atlanta's widespread cheating scandal, Atlanta Public Schools is ho...

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62 NY Schools Flagged For Cheating Based On Erasure Analysis Once Deemed Too Pricey

The New York Times | Sharon Otterman | Posted 11.26.2011

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Cheating scandals have been rolling up the East Coast like a hurricane this year, from Atlanta to Washington, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In New Y...

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New York Moves To Curb Cheating

The New York Times | Sharon Otterman | Posted 11.09.2011

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Citing heightened concerns about educators' cheating that have emerged after recent scandals in Atlanta and Philadelphia, a New York State panel has r...

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Ex-Atlanta Schools Chief Doesn't Believe 'Culture Of Cheating'

Posted 11.08.2011

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Former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall says she "can't accept that there is a culture of cheating" among Atlanta schools. She made ...

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More Schools Afflicted By Alleged Teacher Cheating

Posted 11.06.2011

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Student test scores from two Los Angeles-area schools have been thrown out based on evidence of cheating by teachers. Three teachers at Short Avenu...

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Budget Cuts Force State To Pull Back On Anti-Cheating Efforts

| Corey G. Johnson | Posted 10.31.2011

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Corey G. Johnson Only after the governor ordered an independent examination did Georgi...

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Atlanta To Turn Over Confidential Material In Cheating Probe

Atlanta Journal Constitution | Jaime Sarrio | Posted 10.30.2011

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Atlanta school board members Monday voted to waive legal privacy rights in connection to a high-profile cheating scandal, a signal the district once c...

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Louisiana Skipped Key Standardized Testing Analysis In 2009-2010, Cites Budget Woes

The Washington Independent | Mikhail Zinshteyn | Posted 10.12.2011

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The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) did not conduct an erasure analysis of the state's standardized test scores for the 2009-2010 academic ye...

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Beverly Hall: The Scandal Is Not The Whole Story

Education Week | Beverly Hall | Posted 10.10.2011

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Atlanta's former superintendent on the cheating scandal and its fallout Scandal is the news, but it's not always the story. I know, because the Atl...

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Atlanta School Board Members To Keep Jobs, On Year-Long Probation

Posted 09.25.2011

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Atlanta's eight school board members will get to keep their jobs -- for now. The Georgia Board of Education signed a consent order with Atlanta Pub...

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41 Educators In Atlanta Cheating Scandal Quit

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 09.23.2011

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ATLANTA -- Atlanta school officials say 41 educators accused in a cheating scandal have resigned or retired. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution repor...

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Atlanta's Mass Exodus: About 30 More Quit

Posted 09.21.2011

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About 30 educators implicated in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal have resigned or retired from the system, APS interim Superintendent Erro...

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172 Atlanta Educators Face Firings In Cheating Scandal

Posted 09.20.2011

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Just seven educators implicated in the Atlanta cheating scandal met the Wednesday evening deadline imposed by interim superintendent Erroll Davis to r...

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Georgia Test Cheating Probe Shifts To Another County

Atlanta Journal Constitution | Nancy Badertscher | Posted 09.19.2011

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ALBANY -- A state investigation into widespread CRCT cheating is shifting from Atlanta to Dougherty County, where the new school superintendent procla...

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