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The state is investigating teachers and staff at a Waterbury elementary school about suspected cheating on the 2011 Connecticut Mastery Tests.
This follows widespread cheating scandals uncovered in the District of Columbia, Baltimore and Atlanta…just this year. In a story this month, the magazine Education Week put it this way:
“As long as test scores are used in any field to make decisions on rewards or punishments, including for schools or educators, a small percentage of people will be willing to bend the rules - or break them.”
Today, where we live, we’ll find out the latest on the Atlanta scandal that’s made national news...and we’ll talk to a professor who says the rise in cheating by teachers and school staff parallels the rising pressures kids face with high stakes testing. What does this say about our education system, and what does it mean for your child’s education?