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Cheating on standardized tests suspected in one in five Georgia schools

Posted on February 11th, 2010

Hundreds of Georgia schools are under investigation for cheating on state standardized tests. This week’s release of a state probe of erasure marks followed more than a year of stories by Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Heather Vogell and data analyst John Perry about suspect test scores.

Posted in CAR, Education
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