A scandal involving the Atlanta public schools and manipulation of standardized test scores led the Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper to look at scores nationwide, and the report made allegations of cheating in South Dakota. The report said that scores in the Yankton School District in 2010 fell outside of what could be considered a normal deviation. Yankton School Superintendent Dr. Joe Gertsema says they also saw the allegations…
Gertsema says it took some effort to get the paper to get the story right..
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/04/Joe-Gertsema-406b.mp3|titles=Joe Gertsema 406b]Gertsema says the district has shown pretty steady growth over the years in standardized test scores…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/04/Joe-Gertsema-406c.mp3|titles=Joe Gertsema 406c]Other districts that were mentioned as having some abnormal test scores were Aberdeen, Huron, Rapid City and Sioux Falls.