I wish it could be more widely understood that education is not manufacturing, schools are not factories, and children are not piece rate goods. When we reduce education to just one or two variables--the CRCT, the SAT, etc.--people will leave off everything else involved with education and focus on those. Will in fact try to game those few variables. It's too much temptation for fallen humanity.
That said, I hope the malefactors are de-credentialed and punished. A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste, and boy did they waste a lot of 'em.
Two absolutely golden ruminations on this scandal are here and here:
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/why-the-shock-over-atlanta-teacher-cheating/
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/comment/165277/
