Austin District Charged With Test Tampering

The Austin, Texas, school district and one of its top administrators were indicted last week after a six-month probe into charges that school officials adjusted student data to raise scores on last year's state exams.

The 16 separate indictments charging the 77,000-student district with altering government records may mark the country's first criminal prosecution against a school district, some education experts believe.

As part of the immediate fallout, Deputy Superintendent Kay Psencik was placed on paid leave following the single, 16-count indictment that accuses her of modifying student-test data and of failing to stop members of her...