The final teacher to face sentencing in the Atlanta schools test cheating case has been ordered to serve a year in prison and four months on probation.
Former elementary school teacher Shani Robinson was sentenced by a Fulton County Superior Court judge Tuesday. She was among 11 educators convicted in a conspiracy to inflate student scores on standardized tests in the Atlanta public school system.
Robinson’s mother pleaded for leniency, noting Robinson has a 4-month-old son, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
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