Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2011 6:24:03 GMT -6
Systematic Cheating Is Found in Atlanta’s School System
At the center of the cheating scandal is former Superintendent Beverly L. Hall, who was named the 2009 National Superintendent of the Year and has been considered one of the nation’s best at running large, urban districts.
Dr. Hall, who announced in November that she would be leaving the job at the end of June, left Tuesday for a Hawaiian vacation.
Still, the investigation shows that cheating on the state-mandated Criterion-Referenced Competency Test began as early as 2001, and that “clear and significant” warnings were raised as early as December 2005. Dr. Hall’s administration punished whistle-blowers, hid or manipulated information and illegally altered documents related to the tests, the investigation found.
The superintendent and her administration “emphasized test results and public praise to the exclusion of integrity and ethics,” the investigators wrote.
Makes a person glad to have their kids in our local school districts, where hopefully, nothing like this could take place.
It just seems like our nation is spiraling further and further down an immoral drain. This community really tries hard. In spite of all it's problems, it is a great place to live and raise a family. Small towns everywhere face the same problems and the good people of this town refuse to let the bottomfeeders turn it into a hellhole. Everybody complains about their hometowns until they get out on their own and grow up. Many can't wait to get back, if they can.
Notice that the cheating superintendent in the article above is a former National Superintendent of the Year. Wow.
[a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/education/06atlanta.html?_r=1"]http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/education/06atlanta.html?_r=1[/a]
At the center of the cheating scandal is former Superintendent Beverly L. Hall, who was named the 2009 National Superintendent of the Year and has been considered one of the nation’s best at running large, urban districts.
Dr. Hall, who announced in November that she would be leaving the job at the end of June, left Tuesday for a Hawaiian vacation.
Still, the investigation shows that cheating on the state-mandated Criterion-Referenced Competency Test began as early as 2001, and that “clear and significant” warnings were raised as early as December 2005. Dr. Hall’s administration punished whistle-blowers, hid or manipulated information and illegally altered documents related to the tests, the investigation found.
The superintendent and her administration “emphasized test results and public praise to the exclusion of integrity and ethics,” the investigators wrote.
Makes a person glad to have their kids in our local school districts, where hopefully, nothing like this could take place.
It just seems like our nation is spiraling further and further down an immoral drain. This community really tries hard. In spite of all it's problems, it is a great place to live and raise a family. Small towns everywhere face the same problems and the good people of this town refuse to let the bottomfeeders turn it into a hellhole. Everybody complains about their hometowns until they get out on their own and grow up. Many can't wait to get back, if they can.
Notice that the cheating superintendent in the article above is a former National Superintendent of the Year. Wow.
[a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/education/06atlanta.html?_r=1"]http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/06/education/06atlanta.html?_r=1[/a]
