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East St. Louis Test Cheating
This series of stories documented how the East St. Louis School District deliberately excluded nearly 160 special needs students from required standardized tests to boost overall school test scores. This represented a major violation of state and federal laws governing the provision of services for the disabled.
Tags: East St. Louis School District; special education; testing; cheating; standardized tests; Illinois Standards Achievement Test; No Child Left Behind; test scores; Illinois State Board of Education; Prairie State Achievement Exam; Chicago Public Schools; Illinois Standards Achievement Test; U.S. Education Department; Iowa Tests of Basic Skills