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Report: 8 serious cheating incidents in Nebraska testing

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A report shows that Nebraska public schools have reported eight serious cheating incidents by school personnel during statewide academic testing since 2010.

The Nebraska Department of Education report doesn't offer specifics of the incidents, which it describes as security breaches. But it does give examples of what the agency considers a serious breach, including changing a student's answers, directly coaching a student, or providing test answers to a student.

The Omaha World-Herald (http://bit.ly/1JuM6ht ) had sought detailed information on testing security breaches, which the education commissioner denied on an exception to the state's public records law. He says releasing the details of security incidents could discourage local officials from self-reporting violations.

Instead, the department released the report to the newspaper Tuesday that summarized incidents statewide over the years.

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Information from: Omaha World-Herald, http://www.omaha.com

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