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Convicted monday concluding a trial that lasted more than six months and featured over 150 witnesses including some teachers who accepted plea deals. >> it was pressure to get scores by any means necessary. >> nearly a dozen former teachers and administrators found guilty of manipulating test scores and grades of the young students they taught. in some cases receiving bonuses and additional funding for the inflated high scores at the expense of the childrens education. >> were been fighting for ...

Concluding a trial that lasted over six months and featured over 150 witnesses including some teachers who accepted plea deals. >> it was pressure to get scores by any means necessary. >> reporter: nearly a dozen teachers and administrators found guilty of manipulateing test scores and grades of the young students they taught. in some cases, receiving bonuses and additional funding for the inflated high scores at the expense of the childrens education. >> we have been fighting for the children i...

Of school not knowing how to read and write? isnt that a problem. >> its a huge problem. but comes down nature versus nurture. you cant expect teachers -- >> heatless the parents under the bus -- he just through the parents under the bus. >> some need that. >> teacherred made a commitment to education and can only do the best they can but cant change students test scores. they -- >> youre for changing test scores. >> heck, no. they did the dumbest thing on earth is to change those test scores. t...

Scandal. >> reporter: testimony from students themselves helped clinch the verdicts, like this teenager whose test scores were altered. >> like im not in high school reading. im still in middle school reading. i think its sixth grade reading level. >> reporter: it was a culture of collusion so coordinated that some teachers spoke of having cheating parties. >> is that what each of your colleagues were doing? >> yes. >> reporter: convictions of racketeering typically applied to mobsters and organ...

Students were given correct answers to state-wide skills tests, investigators say educators even held cheating parties, where incorrect answers were erased and corrected. the cheating may date back to early 2001 when scores on statewide skills tests began to turn around. my goodness. that really defeats the purpose of the standardized testing. its supposed to gauge where the schools are. and see which schools are troubled and to infuse more resources into those. >> chris and i are children of ...

>> and got $500 bonuses -- >> if youre in a high-crime or dropout rate area youre cutting back on the dropout rate. >> teachers had cheating parties. christed to the doors and changed their studentses test scores. >> why didnt they do that when i was in school? >> teachers have to get into a different type of education like what we are doing and birmingham, alabama, we have a career academies where some students just arent geared towards college. some students need to learn plumbing, auto mechan...

Schools. we had cheating that we confirmed in over 40 schools. we had six principals who took the fifth amendment and would not even talk to us. we have had cheating all up and down the line. it was absolutely amazing. >> how did they do this? >> they did every way that you can imagine. they had cheating parties. they had erasures in the classroom, outside the classroom. they directed teachers to make erasures. just anything that you can imagine that could involve cheating, it was done. >> how l...