Politics & Government

CRCT Cheating Scandal Report Online

It's easy to review ratings of any of the 58 Atlanta public schools investigated by state; here are the guidelines and links.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has prepared an easy-to-use database for searching the status of individual schools reviewed in the state's investigation into cheating on the state 2009 Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT). To find the rating of a school, go to the page, select "Atlanta Public Schools," select the school and click "Search."

The schools are assigned one of the following:

Clear: 0%-5.4% of classrooms in this school flagged with wrong-to-right changes that fell above the state average.

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Minimal Concern: 5.5%-10.4% of classrooms in this school flagged with wrong-to-right changes that fell above the state average.

Moderate Concern: 10.5%- 24.4% of classrooms in this school flagged with wrong-to-right changes that fell above the state average.

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Severe Concern: 24.5% or more of classrooms in this school flagged with wrong-to-right changes that fell above the state average.

In addition, the AJC published the entire state of Georgia CRCT report. Search through each volume for a detailed report on investigations at dozens of Atlanta public schools.

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