And So Ends the Seattle Testing Boycott Saga—for Now
Seattle superintendent José Banda emailed the district with a plan of action for the MAP test that spawned a teacher boycott. Read Full Post >
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April 30, 2013
Baton Rouge Seeks to Avoid State Takeover
The East Baton Rouge Parish school board plans to move 100 gifted and talented students from a higher-performing elementary school to a lower-performing school this fall in order to improve the test scores of the lower-performing school. Read Full Post >
March 29, 2013
Dozens Protest New Dallas Principal Evaluations
Community members protested Dallas's new principal evaluation system at district headquarters. Read Full Post >
August 09, 2012
Report Confirms Cheating at One D.C. School
The District of Columbia's Office of the Inspector General investigated allegations of cheating at one school that was prompted by a USA Today investigation. Read Full Post >
August 07, 2012
Ohio District Chief: Attendance Tampering Possibly Led To Bonuses
The superintendent of the Columbus public schools says in an interview with the Columbus Dispatch that some principals may have engaged in wrongdoing by aggressively "scrubbing" student attendance data. Read Full Post >
June 11, 2012
Student Performance Must be Part of Teacher Evaluation, Calif. Judge Says
California has a 40-year-old state law that says pupil progress on state tests must be a part of evaluating teachers, but the district's teacher's union has opposed such moves. Read Full Post >
April 30, 2012
Cheating Series Continues With Look at Blue-Ribbon Schools
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's latest story on aberrant test scores looks at schools that have earned federal recognition. Read Full Post >
March 26, 2012
Newspaper Test-Score Investigation Revives Cheating Debate
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigated more than 14,700 districts and found roughly 200 with schools that had unusual swings in student scores on standardized tests. Read Full Post >
February 28, 2012
D.C. Schools Chancellor Says Districts Need Cheating Investigation Guidelines
The District of Columbia school system is under investigation by federal and local officials based on allegations of test tampering. Read Full Post >
January 27, 2012
Principals Balk at Stepped-Up Demands for Teacher Evaluations
The expanded teacher evaluation process required by some education reform efforts takes too much time for too little reward, some principals say. Read Full Post >
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