The Los Angeles charter school organization Crescendo has fired its founder, John Allen, who was accused of ordering principals and teachers at six charter schools in the city to break the seal on state standardized tests and use the questions to prepare students. Some teachers reported the alleged cheating, which led the state to invalidate the schools’ 2010 test scores. Mr. Allen, who initially denied the allegations, did not comment during the meeting at which he was fired.
A version of this article appeared in the March 16, 2011 edition of Education Week as Charter Schools Founder Fired
