HUDSON COUNTY — More than 20 New Jersey schools have been investigated for possibly cheating on state tests (the NJ ASK exams) — and while 14 were cleared last week, nine have not yet been cleared, the Star-Ledger reported on Saturday.
Two of the schools on the “not been cleared” list are in Hudson County.
The article says that the kids’ answers on the test seemed to be erased and changed at a higher rate than normal.
A letter from Acting Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf sent to districts on Friday said, in part, “Nine other schools where wrong answers were changed to right at unusually high rates in at least one grade, however, have been flagged for further investigation by the state Office of Fiscal Accountability, the letter states.”
The list of schools still under investigation includes two in Hudson County – Jersey City community Charter School, for grade 3, and Washington School in Union City, also for grade 3.
However, the list also has an asterisk that says that the Union City school was initially investigated by its own school district and will not be investigated further by the state. So it is neither cleared nor being actively investigated.
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