An outline of the findings of the 2011 investigation from the governor's office:
>> Thousands of children were harmed by the 2009 CRCT cheating by being denied remedial education because of their inflated CRCT scores.>> We found cheating in 44 of the 56 schools we examined (78.6%). There were 38 principals of those 56 schools (67.9%) found to be responsible for, or directly involved in, cheating.
>> We determined that 178 teachers and principals in the Atlanta Public Schools System cheated. Of the 178, 82 confessed to this misconduct. Six principals refused to answer our questions, and pled the Fifth Amendment, which, under civil law is an implied admission of wrongdoing. These principals, and 32 more, either were involved with, or should have known that, there was test cheating in their schools.
>> We empathize with those educators who felt they were pressured to cheat and commend those who were willing to tell us the truth regarding their misconduct. However, this report is not meant to excuse their ethical failings, or exonerate them from their wrongdoings.
>> The 2009 CRCT statistics are overwhelming and allow for no conclusion other than widespread cheating in APS. The BRC expert, Dr. John Fremer, wrote an op-ed article for the AJC in which he said there was widespread, organized cheating in APS.
>> The drop in 2010 CRCT erasures confirm the conclusion above.
>> Cheating occurred as early as 2001.
>> There were warnings of cheating on CRCT as early as December 2005/January 2006. The warnings were significant and clear and were ignored.
>> Cheating was caused by a number of factors but primarily by the pressure to meet targets in the data-driven environment.
>> There was a major failure of leadership throughout APS with regard to the ethical administration of the 2009 CRCT.
>> A culture of fear, intimidation and retaliation existed in APS, which created a conspiracy of silence and deniability with respect to standardized test misconduct.
>> In addition to the 2009 CRCT cheating, we found other improper conduct: several open record act violations; instances of false statements; and instances of document destruction.
ATLANTA -- One of the witnesses who testified before a grand jury on the APS cheating scandal says former superintendent Beverly Hall was mostly concerned with the system's image.
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Kathleen Mathers was director of the Governor's Office of Student Achievement in 2009 when her office noticed an unusually high number of erasures on Atlanta's CRCT exams. Mathers says there were so many wrong answers erased and changed to right answers, she couldn't help but think something improper had taken place.
"We were obviously very concerned," said Mathers. "In some schools, it would have been impossible to find a different explanation."
Mathers says when she presented her data to Superintendent Beverly Hall in February of 2010, Hall was focused on the school system's image.
"Did you get the impression that she was concerned enough that she would dig into this and find out what was going on?" asked 11Alive's Jerry Carnes.
"I can't say I had a high level of confidence that was going to happen," said Mathers. "The questions were more often on the lines on the image that was put out publicly."
According to the 90 page criminal indictment handed down by a Fulton County Grand Jury on Friday, former Superintendent Beverly Hall was part of a conspiracy to suppress and obstruct investigations into cheating.
Thirty five former APS employees were indicted on a variety of charges, including racketeering, lying to investigators, and theft by taking.
APS CRCT Cheating 2011 Investigation Reports:
Report Volume 1 - Overview, School Summaries
Report Volume 2 - School Summaries, continued
Report Volume 3 - "Targets", Culture of Fear, Allegations of a Cover-Up, etc.
The indictment alleges when one parent raised concerns about her daughter's scores, Hall told her no testing violations occurred.
That parent was Justina Collins, who says her 15-year-old daughter Nybria Troy is now reading on a 5th grade level. Collins feels somehow her family should be compensated.
"I'm behind because of this," said Troy. "I got held back when I should be in the 10th grade."
Troy is now in the 9th grade at Marietta High School. Her mother says her dreams of becoming a fashion designer may never come true because she is so far behind.
Continuing Coverage of APS Cheating:
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