A recent
article in Business Insider shed some light on how a teaching scandal in
Atlanta was uncovered. The scandal involved teachers who were changing their
student’s answers on a standardized test so that their students could score
higher and the school district and teacher could get better funding and
bonuses. (See more about the scandal at these previous posts: Teaching
by Example: Fraud in Public Schools and More
on the Cheating Scandals in Public Schools.)
Showing posts with label Atlanta Public Schools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atlanta Public Schools. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
How the Atlanta Teaching Scandal was Uncovered
A recent
article in Business Insider shed some light on how a teaching scandal in
Atlanta was uncovered. The scandal involved teachers who were changing their
student’s answers on a standardized test so that their students could score
higher and the school district and teacher could get better funding and
bonuses. (See more about the scandal at these previous posts: Teaching
by Example: Fraud in Public Schools and More
on the Cheating Scandals in Public Schools.)
Thursday, July 7, 2011
More Teaching Scandals in the News
Last October, I wrote about a teaching scandal in Georgia schools where teachers were apparently erasing and correcting students answers on standardized tests so as to obtain funding and accolades. Yesterday, Freakonomics discussed this and linked a news report showing that Atlanta has had massive teacher fraud going on for several years. In addition...
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