APS Superintendent, School Board Set Plan to Prevent Cheating

Interim Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Erroll Davis refuses to take the district-wide cheating scandal lightly.

In a special meeting held Thursday afternoon, Davis said he “wants to change ‘the culture of the organization,’” 11Alive news reports.

"It's been a long two days since receiving the report," Davis said Thursday afternoon according to 11Alive. "We need to demand that we listen more to our teachers.”

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Davis recommended a mandatory yearly ethics training session for every school system employee.

He also addressed performance standards, saying, "Consequences for operating outside our standards will be far more harsh than any performance goals."

He recommended that all test coordinators be trained by an outside authority. He said he wants CRCT scores to be rechecked and recertified if they seem unusually high, saying, "Performance targets will be realistic."

Read a full report on the meeting on the 11Alive website.