Barbara Hollingsworth: Fairfax public schools officials cheat on test scores

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Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Jack Dale recently announced impressive improvements in test scores among special education students and those with limited English proficiency.

Nobody on the Fairfax County School Board thought to ask how he managed to produce almost miraculous pass rates among student subgroups that have historically been the hardest to improve. Instead, the board used the higher scores to justify extending Dale’s lucrative contract an additional four years.

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