Judge to resentence Atlanta educators in test-cheating case

A judge plans to resentence three former Atlanta public school educators who got the stiffest sentences after they were convicted in a conspiracy to inflate student scores on standardized tests.

Fulton County superior court judge Jerry Baxter’s case manager confirmed on Tuesday that the judge will resentence Tamara Cotman, Sharon Davis-Williams and Michael Pitts on 30 April. No further information was available.

The three former district regional directors were the highest-ranking of the 11 ex-educators convicted of racketeering this month. Their sentences of seven years in prison followed by 13 years on probation are more than double what prosecutors recommended.

Teresa Mann, a lawyer for Davis-Williams, said she received notification that the judge intends to modify her client’s sentence but declined to comment further.

Lawyers for the other two did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.

Source: The Guardian