Erasure patterns cast suspicion on DCPS testing gains

USA Today reported Monday that abnormal erasure patterns coincided with leaps in performance on exams for D.C. Public Schools students under Michelle Rhee. While the paper is a little late to the party (see: Examiner last week, and the Post first reporting), the story’s full of interesting nuggets, especially when it quotes and parents and teachers who say the alleged progress their children made was far from real.