HISD inquiry finds 3 teachers helped kids cheat

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In addition to reports from students, the investigators cited other evidence, including students with poor academic track records scoring surprisingly high and an above-average number of erasure marks involving answers changed from wrong to right. An investigation into suspected cheating at HISD's Jefferson Elementary, where teachers also were suspended in November, is ongoing. Since 2009, at least one adult-led test cheating case has been documented in 39 states and the District of Columbia, according to Bob Schaeffer, public education director for the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, which criticizes high-stakes testing. The agency faced criticism from the state auditor's office in a report last year that said its investigative methods, mostly allowing districts to police themselves, "increases the risk that systemic cheating will not be identified.""/> <meta name="author.name" content="By Ericka Mellon"/> <meta name="author.title" content=""/> <meta name="date.release" content="2014/09/04"/> <meta name="time.release" content="23:01"/> <meta name="publisher" content="Houston Chronicle"/> <meta name="sections" content="News,Education"/> <meta name="subject" content="school,teachers,investigation"/> <meta name="news_keywords" content="school,teachers,investigation"/> <meta property="og:title" content="HISD inquiry finds 3 teachers helped kids cheat"/> <meta property="og:description" content="According to the motion, three Atherton teachers - Reuel Sosa, Jennifer Sterling and Veronica Davis - were told by HISD officials Wednesday that they had been implicated in wrongdoing and faced termination. In addition to reports from students, the investigators cited other evidence, including students with poor academic track records scoring surprisingly high and an above-average number of erasure marks involving answers changed from wrong to right. An investigation into suspected cheating at HISD's Jefferson Elementary, where teachers also were suspended in November, is ongoing. Since 2009, at least one adult-led test cheating case has been documented in 39 states and the District of Columbia, according to Bob Schaeffer, public education director for the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, which criticizes high-stakes testing. 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