Two Carroll County elementary school teachers accused of cheating on the Maryland School Assessments have had their certificates revoked.
Carroll officials declined to identify of the female teachers, who taught fourth grade at Linton Springs and Mount Airy elementary schools before they resigned earlier this year.
Stephen Guthrie, assistant superintendent of administration with the school system, said he was happy to hear the news.
“We?re pleased with the outcome because our recommendation was revocation of the certificates,” he said.
During the spring, Carroll Schools Superintendent Charles Ecker wrote a letter to state schools Superintendent Nancy Grasmick, asking that the teaching certificates be revoked after the Linton Springs teacher admitted to copying questions from a previous MSA reading test.
She created a worksheet that was shared with the Mount Airy teacher, according to school officials. Teachers are prohibited from copying and reproducing test questions, but they are able to use sample questions provided on the state?s education Web site.
Guthrie said the school system has moved forward by hiring replacements for the teachers at both schools.
As required by the federal law, school systems must meet adequate yearly progress ? standards that indicate schools are moving toward the 100 percent proficiency goals in reading and math by the 2013-14 school year.
The schools will know whether they met AYP later this month or in early August, Proutt said.
Guthrie said if Linton Springs or Mount Airy don?t make AYP, it will be “due to the security violation as opposed to lack of achievement.”
