Report Shows Atlanta Teachers Cheated to Improve Test Scores

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has just released a report that named principals and teachers in Atlanta’s public schools who had been modifying tests and tampering with answers to improve results. The report found cheating in 44 of the 56 schools its authors examined, and 178 teachers and principals who cheated. The news will tarnish the reputation of Atlanta’s outgoing Superintendent Beverly Hall, who was named Superintendent of the Year in 2009. The large number of teachers involved has led some to call this America’s biggest teacher cheating scandal. Kim Severson,  the Atlanta bureau chief for our partner The New York Times, brings us the latest on this report.