CONTINUING COVERAGE

In 2008, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution broke the first of what would be several stories highlighting suspect test scores in Atlanta Public Schools and other Georgia districts. In the years that followed, the newspaper kept digging, and eventually special investigators appointed by the governor exposed widespread cheating in the 50,000-student APS district. A Fulton County jury convicted 11 former administrators and teachers of racketeering and other crimes. Two of them, however, were not ordered to prison once they admitted that they had been part of a standardized test cheating scheme and apologized. The other nine declined to take an offer extended by prosecutors and the judge and were, consequently, sentenced to prison. All remain free while they appeal. Tamara Cotman Former School Reform Team executive director. Racketeering. Three years in prison, seven years probation, 2,000 hours of community service and a $25,000 fine.

Sharon Davis-Williams

- Former School Reform Team executive director. Racketeering. Three years in prison, seven years probation, 2,000 hours of community service and a $25,000 fine.

Michael Pitts - Former School Reform Team executive director. Racketeering, influencing a witness. Three years in prison, seven years probation, 2,000 hours of community service and a $25,000 fine.

Dana Evans - Former principal, Dobbs Elementary School. Racketeering, false statements and writings. One year in prison, four years probation and 1,000 hours of community service.

Angela Williamson Former teacher, Dobbs Elementary School. Racketeering, false statements and writings. Two years in prison, three years probation, 1,500 hours of community service and a $5,000 fine. Tabeeka Jordan - Former assistant principal of Deerwood Academy. Racketeering, theft by taking. Two years in prison, three years probation, 1,500 hours of community service and a $5,000 fine. Donald Bullock - Former testing coordinator at B.E. Usher/Collier Heights Elementary. Racketeering, false statements and writings, false swearing. Six months of weekends in jail, five years of probation, 1,500 hours of community service, a $5,000 fine and an apology.

Theresia Copeland Former testing coordinator at Benteen Elementary. Racketeering, false statements and writings. One year in prison, four years probation, 1,000 hours of community service and a $1,000 fine.

Diane Buckner-Webb Former teacher at Dunbar Elementary. Racketeering, false statements and writings. One year in prison, four years probation, 1,000 hours of community service and a $1,000 fine. Given first-offender status. Pamela Cleveland Former teacher at Dunbar Elementary. Racketeering, false statements and writings. Five years of probation with one year of home confinement, 1,000 hours of community service, a $1,000 fine and an apology.

Shani Robinson - Former teacher at Dunbar Elementary. Racketeering, false statements and writings. One year in prison, four years probation, 1,000 hours of community service and a $1,000 fine. (Sentenced more than four months after others and after giving birth.