Georgia Standardized Tests Thrown Out After Cheating Discovered

    ATLANTA (AP) - The state Board of Education has approved
unanimously a plan to toss out scores for standardized tests at
four elementary schools where cheating was discovered.
    The voided scores mean the schools will no longer meet federal
No Child Left Behind standards and could lose some federal funding.
One school, Burroughs-Molette in Glynn County, may have to offer
tutoring and allow students to transfer to higher-performing
schools.
    An audit released by the Governor’s Office of Student
Achievement in June shows that someone changed answers on
fifth-grade math tests last summer in four districts after the
students’ had turned the exams in to teachers. Two educators in
DeKalb County have admitted to altering the tests and have been
charged with tampering with state documents.