W-H pay lapses detailed; Report: At least 1 former employee kept getting money

By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 1B Long after leaving the district, at least one former Wilmer-Hutchins employee stayed on the payroll, according to a state management team report. The report also states that the district has had problems maintaining proper controls in its human resources and payroll departments, and that has sometimes led to […]

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State plans TAKS cheating inquiry; TEA also will hire expert to help prevent, detect deceit

By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 1A AUSTIN – The Texas Education Agency will begin analyzing test scores for unusual gaps and swings, modeling the effort on a Dallas Morning News investigation that found suspect scores at nearly 400 Texas schools. The state’s education commissioner, Shirley Neeley, also announced Monday that the agency will hire […]

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DISD probing TAKS scores; FW also joins Houston in investigating schools that might have cheated

By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 1A The Dallas and Fort Worth school districts are investigating dozens of their schools for possible cheating on the TAKS test. The schools were identified by a Dallas Morning News investigation that found suspect scores at nearly 400 schools statewide – schools where test scores swung unexpectedly from poor […]

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Houston district says monitors will police TAKS testing; Move follows evidence that educators helped students cheat

By Joshua Benton Staff Writer Page 1A HOUSTON – Houston school officials will unleash an army of test monitors to make sure their teachers and principals aren’t helping students cheat on the TAKS test, the district’s superintendent said Thursday. The move is a response to a Dallas Morning News investigation that found strong evidence that […]

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