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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 children's education. >> we're been fighting for the children in our community, particularly those children who were deprived by this cheating scan...

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 children's education. >> we have been fighting for the children in our community. particularly those children who were deprived by this cheating scandal. >> testimo...

Of school not knowing how to read and write? isn't that a problem. >> it's a huge problem. but comes down nature versus nurture. you can't 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 can't change student's test scores. they -- >> you're for changing test scores. >> heck, no. they did the dumbest thing on earth is to change those test scores. they had these parties, cheating parties -- >> you're still in favor of some metric to judge th...

Scandal. >> reporter: testimony from students themselves helped clinch the verdicts, like this teenager whose test scores were altered. >> like i'm not in high school reading. i'm still in middle school reading. i think it's 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 organized crime now identified with former educators facing up to 20 years in prison. >> they have mad...

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. it's 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 educators this is one of those head-shakers. >> let me may i say, so am i? the daughter of two publ...