PA education secretary orders reviews of all state exams since 2009

From the INQUIRER:

Following revelations about possible cheating on state tests, Pennsylvania’s education secretary has ordered forensic reviews of all exams since 2009, with special attention to Philadelphia.

“When you have multiple indications from multiple sources that something’s not correct, that absolutely does require a greater level of scrutiny,” Education Secretary Ronald Tomalis said in an interview Thursday…

Nearly half of the roughly 60 schools flagged for multiple statistical irregularities are in Philadelphia – 22 Philadelphia School District schools and seven charters…

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EDITOR: When a government policy or practice turns large numbers of otherwise law abiding citizens into crooks, one needs to question rethink the situation.   Apparently arbitrary testing, like prohibition, doesn’t work.

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