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After allegations that some school fudged the numbers in the past. our don lemon looks into schools allegedly cheat for their students. reporter: michael mard den is worried. were you the only parent concerned? no, by all means. reporter: someone may have changed the answer on the standardized tests on his daughter s school last year. do you have concern? of course i have concern like any other parent. i have concern. i hope that there s no cheetding. and if it is cheating, there needs to be a punishment for it. reporter: and he s not alone. the state of georgia is investigating 10% of its elementary and middle schools, 191 of them, because of moderate to severe concern over test results in 2009. when the answer sheets like these were scored, the computer scanners could tell when the bubbles were erased and the answers changed. kathleen mathers heads the state audit. it s not just someone had changed a bunch of answers it s that when they changed answers

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Bubbles were erased and the answers changed. kathleen mathers heads the state audit. it s not just that someone had changed a bunch of answers, it was that, when they changed answers, they got the answer right as a result of that change. classes with an unusually high number of theeds changes were flagged. it s sort of like having a blizzard in ft. lauderdale in the middle of july. in theory it could happen. it s just so incredibly unlikely that you really need a substantial explanation. usually, when we talk about cheating, the focus is on kids. in georgia, the finger is being pointed at teachers and administrators. cnn obtained affidavits in the case of two administrators at an elementary school in dekalb county, accused of tampering with tests in 2008. former principal james berry admitted they went into an office and began to erase answer sheets and change answers. dorothea alexander, the assistant principal, says she

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Tests at his daughter s school last year. but you have concerns. of course, i have concerns like other parents, i have concerns. i hope that there s no cheating and if it is cheating, there need to be a punishment for it. and he s not alone. the state of georgia is investigating 10% of its elementary and middle schools, 191 of them. because of moderate to severe concern over test results in 2009. when the answer sheets like these were scored, the computer scanners could tell when the bubbles were erased and the answers changed. kathleen mathers heads the state audit. it s not just that someone had changed a bunch of answers, it was that when they changed answers they got the answer right as a result of that change. classes with an unusually high number of these changes were flagged. it s sort of like having a blizzard in ft. lauderdale in the middle of july. you know, in theory it could happen, it s just so incredibly unlikely you that really need a substantial explanation.

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You have concerns. of course, i have concerns like other parents, i have concerns. i hope that there s no cheating if it is cheating, there need to be a punishment for it. he s not alone. the state of georgia is investigating 10% of its elementary and middle schools, 191 of them. because of moderate changes in the test results much the computer standers could tell when the bubbles were erased and the answers changed. kathleen mathers heads the state audit. not just that someone had changed a bunch of answers, it was when they changed answers they got the answer right as a result of that change. classes with an unusually high number of these changes were flagged. it s sort of like having a blizzard in ft. lauderdale in the middle of july. in theory it could happy but so incredibly likely you need a substantial explanation. reporter: usually when we

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event. lech kaczynski and senior military leaders died in a plane crash in western russia. terrorism does not appear to be a factor but weather does. authorities say the plane took off from warsaw and crashed while approaching the airport in schm smolensk, russia and the polish ambassador, the one in washington said lech kaczynski embodied the spirit of the his country members. he represented the generation of freedom, the freedom connected permanently with the legacy of sole date movement which in 1989 brought about freedom, democracy and prosperity to poland. so the greatest legacy of late have sin ski is the one of freedom and of creating foundations for enormous political, economic success and pross either. news of the crash stunned the nation of poland. frederick is in the middle of an impromptu vigil in warsaw. reporter: crying out their grief in songs, lighting candles, laying flowers, publicly displaying their sore re, up to 100,000 people gathered in central

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event. president lech kaczynski, his wife, and nearly 100 toll polish officials including senior military leaders died in a plane crash in western russia. terrorism does not appear to be a factor in today s crash. but weather does. russian and polish authorities say the military plane took off from war sxau crashed while approaching the airport in smolensk, russia in heavy fog. the pilot apparently ignored a warning not to land. the tragedy stunned the polish community in the u.s., and polish ambassador, the one in washington, said president lech kaczynski, embodied the story of polish independence in the post-soviet world. president kaczynski represented the generation of freedom. the freedom connected permanently with the legacy of solidarity movement. which in 1989 brought about freedom, democracy, and prosperity to poland. so the greatest legacy of late president kaczynski is the one of freedom and is the one of creation foundations for enormous political, economic succ

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and why democrats felt compelled to respond. plus this a rumbling end of an era for one of the country s most beloved football stadiums brought down by the hands of an 11-year-old boy. we ll tell you about that. good evening, everyone. i m don lemon. people across poland today observed two minutes of silence to honor their late president and first lady and nearly 100 other polish dignitaries who died yesterday in a plane crash in russia. the body of president lech kaczynski is now back in warsaw. phil is among the thousands of mourners outside the presidential palace. phil, an extraordinary outpouring of emotions today. reporter: indeed. it has just gone midnight here in warsaw. as the camera pans, you ll see there is still a significant crowd of people in this area surrounding the presidential palace. people are still coming here. they re still laying candles, flowers, still grieving. it has been a long emotional day. the crowd started gathering here early this morni

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no. by all means. reporter: someone may have changed the answers on the standardized tests at his daughter s school last year. but you have concerns. of course i have concerns like any other parent. i have concerns. i hope that there s no cheating. if it is cheating, there needs to be a punishment for it. reporter: and he s not alone. the state of georgia is investigating 10% of its elementary and middle schools. 191 of them. because of moderate to severe concern over test results in 2009. when the answer sheets like these were scored, the computer scanners could tell when the bubbles were erased and the answers changed. kathleen mathers heads the state audit. it s not just that someone had changed a bunch of answers. it was that when they changed answers they got the answer right as a result of that change. reporter: classes with an unusually high number of these changes were flagged. it s sort of like having a blizzard in ft. lauderdale in the middle of july, you know