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Teachers who confessed to cheating blamed "inordinate pressure" to meet targets set by the district and said they faced severe consequences such as a negative evaluation or termination if they didn't. [7] Prior to the scandal, the APS had been lauded for making significant gains in standardized test scores.
Newton, the proxy test taker, was paid at least $188,000 from May of 2020 through February of 2024 for taking over 430 certification tests for teachers who paid for those services, officials said.
Our teachers taught us sharing is caring, but they probably weren't referring to test answers. CBS reports that, "an entire class at Southgate Thomas J. Anderson High School was caught cheating.
In July 2011, an investigation uncovered that 178 teachers from the Atlanta area had been found to be cheating from as early as 2001 by falsifying test results. [5] Aside from the teachers, 38 principals were linked to the scandal either by directly participating in the changing of wrong answers or allowing the changes to be made when they knew ...
Ackerman's claim to have overseen an improvement in Philadelphia students' performance on standardized tests was challenged by the emergence of evidence that students' scores were inflated by widespread teacher-assisted cheating. [18] Arlene Ackerman was forced to resign by Mayor Michael Nutter and the School Reform Commission. [19]
Teachers unions aren’t happy, but this time, they're mad at President Joe Biden. In February, the Biden administration released guidelines to keep standardized tests in schools. Needless to say ...
The story hinges on standardized testing in middle-grade schools, a matter of contemporary controversy. [2] Teachers in a local middle school have been accused of cheating on the test, and Theodore Boone becomes involved. As he and his eighth-grade classmates are also being tested, the fairness of the test is of particular concern to him.
The consequences of cheating used to instill fear into many a student. But it seems these days, kids just don't care about academic honesty anymore. Many students can't even distinguish between ...