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PHILADELPHIA AP A city head teacher and four promoted cheating on standardized tests by changing students' answers and incorrect answer questions before the test reviewing prosecutors said they announced the charges in the grand jury investigation is ongoing. Attorney General Kathleen Kane Thursday accused the defendant quotperpetuating cheatingquot culture in Pennsylvania School System Assessment tests over a period of five years. The jury found that after cheating in school in the town they stopped in 2012 the percentage of students who scored well on tests dropped dramatically. Fifth grade reading proficiency dropped from 50 percent to 16 percent and math skills from 62 percent to 22 percent said authorities. There quotSignificant pressure receipt for schools to improve the performance of PSSA. When the PSSA scores rose principals receive promotions and awards. Others avoid demotion and terminationsquot jury report said. In recent years the test cheating scandal broke out in Atlanta Nevada and other districts across the country as public officials linking school funding and scores for individual bonuses and vowed to close schools that underperform. School Reform Commission appointed board that oversees Philadelphia district fired three high school principals in January and announced plans to discipline dozens of teachers and administrators following its own investigation of fraud. But the indictment Thursday focused on Cayuga Elementary School in Hunting Park low-income receipt part of North Philadelphia. Of the approximately 450 students school39s 96 percent economically disadvantaged. 59 Principal Evelyn Cortez was charged with four teacher Jennifer Hughes 59 41 Rita Lorraine Vicente Ary Sloane Wyszynski 65 and 56. Cortez lives in the suburbs Dresher and Hughes in Jeffersonville. The other three are from Philadelphia. They are expected to turn themselves receipt in to police Thursday morning. One of the lawyers involved in this case did not immediately return a message. It is not clear whether the other defendants have lawyers. According to the Cayuga teachers are encouraged to take home exam to familiarize yourself with the test and the teachers and students who refuse to cheat reprimanded receipt by Cortez. When the exam is given Cortez allegedly went from room to room sometimes receipt pressing students39 receipt booklet to get them to change the answer. receipt The state Department of Education found irregularities in the test answers submitted by the Cayuga and other Pennsylvania schools and call them to the office Kane39s the report said. Cayuga example has an inordinate number of false quotan - all right erasuresquot in various classes for several years. Nearly half of all three classes in schools have five or more erasures wrong - to the right and 15 percent have more than 10. QuotCheating robs children of a good education and hurts children and familiesquot Kane said in a statement. quotThe alleged violations committed by educators receipt is an insult to public39s confidence and will not be tolerated. quotCortez Vicente and Hughes is charged with the crime of extortion note forgery and perjury disorders criminal conspiracy. Sloane and Wyszynski charged with impaired records falsification and criminal conspiracy. This Kane39s office while investigating fraud allegations receipt involving other schools across the state office said. A spokesman for the Philadelphia School District did not immediately return a message Thursday. EducationSociety CultureKathleen KanePhiladelphia. written by: http://dinastybet.com Post navigation
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