The administrators allowed this to happen, and promoted it. Administrators should be held responsible. Every school employee at any district, particularly principals, knows about the security surrounding this test so as not to compromise results. Teachers must sign a document certifying to their honesty in the administration of this test. This document has proven to be as meaningless as the tests.
Most districts also show their staffs a video explaining test security.
I don't have sympathy for teachers or administrators who are obsessed with test scores and must win at any cost. I do feel sorry for teachers who, over the years, have not compromised their values, given a kid the grade they deserved and were fired for giving too many F's, or took a lot of heat from parents and administrators. There are hundreds of fine, dedicated teachers in this county working in underperforming schools, not eligible for financial incentives like their colleagues at Rosedale. Their students also have to contend with extreme poverty, language difficulties, violence and crime in their neighborhoods. Teachers who are willing to stay in schools and work with these students are the ones who deserve bonuses, not those who took kids with an advantage and then showed false improvements.