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Eighty nine public schools in the state of Pennsylvania have been flagged for suspiciously high student test scores, leading authorities to believe tampering occurred in the administration of the tests. Ten years after the passage of the Bush-era \u201cNo Child Left Behind\u201d Act, Pennsylvania joins dozens of states where schools have been found to engage in \u201ccheating.\u201d Among the evidence that investigators look for, is the suspicious erasing of answers on test papers. It is suspected that teachers provide students with answers in order to boost test results. Schools in Maryland, Michigan, Texas, and, the District of Columbia among others have even confessed to the cheating. A highly controversial case was found in Atlanta, Georgia. Last August, 178 teachers and principals – almost half the Atlanta school district – were accused of cheating. Here in Los Angeles, two Charter schools run by Crescendo have been shut down because students were shown answers to standardized tests by teaching staff. What\u2019s fueling this rampant cheating? Critics of testing point to the high-pressure environment where test scores are used as a measure for schools to obtain funds, and teachers to keep their jobs. Programs such as \u201cNo Child Left Behind\u201d and President Obama\u2019s \u201cRace to the Top\u201d emphasize test scores at the expense of true learning. Additionally, billionaire investors interested in reforming public education, like Bill Gates and Eli Broad strongly emphasize student achievement in their philanthropy. <\/p>\n