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Dec. 10 – The Virginian-Pilot reports on a state investigation of testing irregularities at Lafayette-Winona Middle School that range from students not being tested to assessments with identical answers, including misspellings.
Dec. 16 – Norfolk schools announce plans for a three-person panel to review the state Board of Education’s investigation and examine actions by division employees.
Jan. 6 – Testing irregularities at Campostella Elementary School are reported.
Jan. 20 – Norfolk Superintendent Stephen C. Jones announces that he will retire in June to spend more time with his family.
Feb. 10 – It is reported that Dreamkeepers Academy has testing irregularities; the school failed to test 16 students last spring on at least one mandatory exam. Also, at Northside Middle School, state guidelines for testing students with disabilities were not followed.
Feb. 23 – The Pilot reveals that the division conducted an internal investigation months earlier and cited the principal of Dreamkeepers Academy as intentionally excluding students from mandatory standardized tests used to earn accreditation.
Feb. 25 – State Department of Education officials reveal that three additional Norfolk schools have been scrutinized for possible testing violations – Oakwood and Bay View elementaries and Rosemont Middle School. The report clears Bay View Elementary of test tampering.
Feb. 26 – Jones declares a “stand-down” planned for March, where administrators will attend training on proper procedures for conducting mandatory state exams.
Friday – The panel tasked in December with reviewing allegations of cheating at Lafayette-Winona releases a two-page, six-paragraph summary of its findings. It concludes that teachers at the school cheated. Officials refuse to release the full report.
-Compiled by Pilot news researcher Maureen Watts
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