article_snippet.sent: In one of the biggest cheating scandals of its kind in the U.S., 11 former Atlanta public school educators were convicted Wednesday of racketeering for 11 former Atlanta public school educators role in a scheme to inflate students' scores on standardized exams.
article_snippet.sent: The defendants - including teachers, a principal and other administrators - were accused of falsifying test results to collect bonuses or keep The defendants - including teachers, a principal and other administrators - jobs in the 50,000-student Atlanta school system.
article_snippet.sent: 11 former Atlanta public school educators fed answers to students or erased and changed the answers on tests after The defendants - including teachers, a principal and other administrators - were turned in to secure promotions or up to $5,000 each in bonuses, the court was told.
article_snippet.sent: Cheating: During the trial prosecutors accused a dozen former teachers, principals and administrators of erasing incorrect answers or instructing students to change students answers to secure promotions and cash bonuses in 2009.
article_snippet.sent: Evidence of cheating was found in 44 schools, with nearly 180 educators involved, and investigators found teachers who tried to report Evidence of cheating faced retaliation.
article_snippet.sent: A grand jury indicted 35 educators in March 2013 on charges including racketeering, false statements and theft.
article_snippet.sent: Gov. Sonny Perdue found at least 44 schools were guilty of cheating, dating back to 2005 .
article_snippet.sent: Nearly 180 employees, including 38 principals, were accused of wrongdoing .
article_snippet.sent: In March 2013, Superintendent Beverly L. Hall (right) and 34 educators were indicted by a grand jury on charges including racketeering, making false statements and theft .
article_snippet.sent: 21 of 34 educators plead guilty to reach plea agreements .
article_snippet.sent: The 11 educators - teachers, a principal and other administrators - were found guilty .
article_snippet.sent: Former Dobbs Elementary teacher Angela Williamson and 10 other former Atlanta Public Schools educators were accused of participating in test cheating .
article_snippet.sent: Robinson and 10 other former Atlanta Public Schools educators were convicted for Robinson and 10 other former Atlanta Public Schools educators part  in a test cheating conspiracy that drew nationwide attention .
highlights_snippet.sent: The 11 teachers, testing coordinators and other administrators were convicted Wednesday of racketeering after a five-year investigation .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Evidence of cheating was found in 44 schools across the Atlanta school system, with nearly 180 educators involved .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Prosecutors said the educators were guaranteed bonuses by inflating scores, while improving the poor reputation of the educators school system .
  