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Austell faces rising danger at juncture of 5 creeks
When the floodwaters finally receded in Austell, city leaders, the federal government and a giant rail yard in the crook of two creeks all took the heat from angry victims. The small city's mayor had answers. "We had 20 inches of rain, and there's nothing you can do about it," ...
How test scores were analyzed
After months of stories about suspicious test scores in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement launched a wider review of 2009 results. In October, the AJC reported a dozen Atlanta schools had gains or drops on standardized tests so extraordinary they were less likely than picking the ...
Suspicious test scores widespread in state
One in five Georgia public schools faces accusations of tampering with student answers on last spring’s state standardized tests, officials said Wednesday, throwing the state’s main academic measure into turmoil. The Atlanta district is home to 58 of the 191 schools statewide that are likely to undergo investigations into potential ...
Why you’re paying too much in property taxes
Georgia’s property tax system imploded with last year’s historic real estate collapse. Across metro Atlanta, home values fell tens of thousands of dollars — sometimes hundreds of thousands — but tax appraisals did not follow them down. In an unprecedented comparison of actual sales values vs. county tax appraisals, The ...
Voting along racial lines in mayor's race
The path to victory for Atlanta’s next mayor is clear, even if the candidates don’t want to say it. It’s about race. If Tuesday top vote-getter Mary Norwood, a white woman, can hold onto her strong support from white voters, and she draws away a respectable minority of black voters ...
Are drastic swings in CRCT scores valid?
Editor's note: This is one of the original stories the AJC wrote on suspected cheating at Georgia schools, including 12 in Atlanta. It was published in October 2009: Statistically unlikely state test scores are showing up in more classrooms, suggesting the cheating investigation that has engulfed four schools might be ...
Individual insurance coverage frustrates Georgians
As more Georgians are forced to seek health insurance on their own, many are learning painful lessons about the difference between the familiar company-based group coverage and the individual policies that sometimes replace them. Policies are suddenly canceled. Monthly premiums rival the size of mortgage payments. Huge bills go unpaid ...
How exotic mortgages became time bombs
Four years ago, when subprime mortgage loans were hot commodities, investors enthusiastically bought pieces of a pool of 5,500 mortgages that covered $984 million in homeowner debt. At the time, the Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust 2005-HE10 seemed like a promising opportunity for strong returns. When they bought ...
Surge in CRCT results raises ‘big red flag’
A miracle occurred at Atherton Elementary this summer, if its standardized math test scores are to be believed. Half of the DeKalb County school’s fifth-graders failed a yearly state test in the spring. When the 32 students took retests, not only did every one of them pass — 26 scored ...
Surge in CRCT results raises ‘big red flag’
A miracle occurred at Atherton Elementary this summer, if its standardized math test scores are to be believed. Half of the DeKalb County school’s fifth-graders failed a yearly state test in the spring. When the 32 students took retests, not only did every one of them pass — 26 scored ...
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