CRCT scandal tests Atlanta school superintendent's image

Heather Vogell and Kristina Torres:

Superintendent Beverly Hall told a national audience of educators about Atlanta schools' steady strides forward at a conference in Phoenix Wednesday.

But back home that same day, Georgia officials were unveiling findings that call into question how much of that progress was real.

Hall is at the high point of her career, basking in national accolades for a dramatic turnaround of the city's schools -- with rising state test scores cited as key evidence. Those scores are suddenly in doubt.

More than two-thirds of Atlanta's public elementary and middle schools face investigations into cheating after the state unveiled a statewide analysis of suspicious erasures on standardized tests. Atlanta had more schools flagged than any other district. In one school, nearly 90 percent of classrooms are under scrutiny.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 15, 2010 2:07 AM
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