Middleton High School investigating allegations of widespread cheating

Molly Beck, via a kind reader's email:

Middleton High School officials are investigating claims of cheating, including allegations of students sharing and selling photographs of test questions.

Nearly 250 seniors at Middleton High School were told to retake a calculus test this week after the school learned last week of suspected cheating among its test takers, a spokesman said.

The scope of the investigation widened after the school received four letters from parents and students indicating such cheating had occurred before and in other subjects.

In a letter to parents Thursday, principal Denise Herrmann and associate principal Lisa Jondle said during the course of their investigation into alleged sharing of photos of calculus test questions, they received letters from students and parents "which provided additional information to the scope and severity of cheating on tests in courses across the curriculum," prompting the school to notify all parents of the allegations.

Herrmann and Jondle asked parents for their support "in talking with your students about the ramifications of engaging in some of the dishonest assessment practices reported to us."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 21, 2013 12:31 AM
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