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“Thousands” of test answers changed | EdNewsColorado

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“Thousands” of test answers changed

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A state investigation has found “significant testing violations” at northwest Denver’s Beach Court Elementary School in 2010 and 2011.
Principal Frank Roti, on leave since the probe was launched in mid-May, has been removed from position and fired from the district. The state Department of Education also has invalidated all 2010 and 2011 test scores in all grades and all subjects. No Beach Court teachers were implicated in the case.
Superintendent Tom Boasberg also said the Roti would be required to return some $30,000 in performance bonuses earned over two years.
Boasberg said the changing of student answers “involved one individual at one school” and repeated praised the integrity of DPS students and staff while speaking with reporters late Wednesday afternoon.
The superintendent said “there were thousands of test results [changed] in each of the two years.”
The investigation also focused on Hallett Fundamental Academy in northeast Denver and found “evidence of




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