State to Monitor BASD for Testing Irregularities

The state Department of Education says it closed an investigation on Bethlehem Area School District for testing irregularities but still plans to monitor the district.

State to Monitor BASD for Testing Irregularities

The state Department of Education says it closed an investigation on Bethlehem Area School District for testing irregularities but still plans to monitor the district.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education says it closed an investigation of testing irregularities at the Bethlehem Area School District but will continue to monitor the district's schools on PSSA testing. In 2011, the state began investigating 48 school districts and charter schools around the state based on significant increases in student test scores in some schools, according to the state Education Department.  The probe found that at some schools in Pennsylvania, student answer sheets had been altered with questionable erasures, dating back to the 2008-2009 school year, inflating Pennsylvania System of School Assessment tests, the state said.  Of those 48 districts and charter schools, 30 were cleared of wrongdoing, the state said.  …

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