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[quote=Anonymous]Are people following this story? I know there were big investigations in Georgia, New Jersey and other states, but for some reason, DC has never fully probed what was underneath the suspiciously high test scores Rhee built her reputation on despite the landmark USA Today story (http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2011-03-28-1Aschooltesting28_CV_N.htm) a lot of outside-DC coverage of the growing scandal (like http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/22/education/22winerip.html?pagewanted=all and 
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/25/michelle-rhee-can-t-shake-cheating-scandal-at-d-c-public-schools.html)

I only ask because I just read this in the Washington Post and it makes me realize I have no idea how to judge/trust any of the data on our school choices next fall.  Is there a group of parents out there interested in pushing the city to give some answers?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-test-erasures-scandal-needs-full-probe/2012/02/08/gIQA2JQ5zQ_story.html
D.C. test erasures scandal needs full probe
By Robert McCartney, Wednesday, February 8, 8:40 PM

What exactly did Wayne Ryan do that cost him his job? Every District politician, educator and civic activist ought to be demanding an answer to that question.

What? You don’t know who Wayne Ryan is? The public’s lack of awareness is part of the problem. And the District school system seems to want to keep it that way by apparently allowing a quiet coverup of past fake results on its standardized exams.

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