U.S. Florida Education High School Test Hundreds of students in Florida unwittingly took a fraudulent AP test this month, school officials have admitted.On July 5, an Advanced Placement exam was given to select students at Mainland High School in Daytona Beach. But instead of the current test, most students were given last year’s exam. Mainland High School Principal Cheryl Salerno, who administered the exam, confirmed she handed out only 78 real exams out of 414 total. Initially, Salerno claimed most of the students simply weren’t ready for the exam, even after taking the school’s semester-long AP Capstone Seminar. She also claimed that she wanted “accurate data” from the students, according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal.But the real issue appears to have been money: The Volusia County school district was required to pay for each student’s exam but, according to a Department of Education investigation, Salerno didn’t enough funding available. Instead of telling students and parents, she and former administrator Teresa Marcks decided to administer old exams alongside the real ones, and tell teachers to remain quiet about the problem.High scores on an AP test qualifies students for college credit but, according to the Department of Education, students who took last… Read full this story
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