Texas education officials want to repeal state certifications of 11 administrators linked to an El Paso classroom cheating scandal.
It marks the first time the state has tried holding individual employees accountable for rampant cheating in the El Paso district from 2007 to 2010. School officials were accused of holding students back or coercing them into dropping out to improve standardized test scores.
Most of those named in the Texas Education Agency petition are no longer district employees. The petition accuses them of helping falsify federal accountability reports or knowing of the scheme but doing nothing to stop it.
The fallout led to former district superintendent Lorenzo Garcia pleading guilty to fraud. He is serving a three-year prison term.
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Information from: El Paso Times, http://www.elpasotimes.com
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