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Michelle Rhee says she backs probe of D.C. test scores

Former District of Columbia public schools chancellor Michelle Rhee now says that she is "100% supportive" of a broader investigation into standardized test scores in the school district she used to oversee, just days after she dismissed a USA TODAY investigation that showed high rates of corrected answers on student test sheets.

 

Hundreds of D.C. school employees to be dismissed

D.C.'s public school system will fire more than 200 employees for poor performance — 4% of its work force — and is putting another 700 employees on notice they will be fired in the next year if their performance doesn't improve, the school system announced Friday.

Senh: It should be performance based. Otherwise, it just seems like a baby-sitting service.

 

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