Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater is what a lot of Atlanta Public Schools kids and parents feel like yelling at their school district. A formal investigation into the school system has revealed that there has been a lot of cheating going on in regards to CRCT test scores. More than 150 educators in 44/56 schools in this system have been confirmed as participants in this widespread cheating epidemic. The investigation into the schools' test scores came after seeing remarkably high, and statistically impossible jumps in the passing rates on standardized tests in the past few years.
What pushed these educators to cheat? No Child Left Behind, of course. I've blogged about the flaws of this program in the past, and now the flaws are showing their ugly heads in a huge way.
But, this scandal is more than a bunch of educators cheating. The real victims of this crime are the students. Students have been cheated out of achieving for themselves, and out of a quality education. That is something they can't get back.
Hopefully the APS can turn itself around from this major crisis that has become a national topic.
I live in the city and get to see the by-products of that crap-wad of a school system. It's sad, indeed.
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