Three Schools Accused of Most "Severe" Cheating in Entire State are in Southwest Atlanta
Parks Middle School "led state" in classes flagged for cheating, followed closely by Peyton Forest Elementary and Gideons Elementary, report states.
The three schools cited as having more classes flagged for cheating on the 2009 CRCT are in southwest Atlanta, an initial Cascade Patch review of an investigators' report has found. According to an extensive state investigators' report, published in today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Parks Middle School, 1090 Windsor St., in the Pittsburgh community, led the state with 89.5% of classes at the school flagged for cheating on the state Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT). Gideons Elementary, 897 Welch St., followed with 88.4% flagged and Peyton Forest Elementary School, 301 Peyton Rd., was third with 86.1%. The findings appear on page 22 of the 3-volume report by the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement. Georgia public school …
