Woodbridge principal suspended for encouraging test cheating

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A New Jersey elementary school principal has been suspended for encouraging cheating on a standardized test in 2010 and 2011.

NJ.com reports that the Woodbridge Board of Education suspended Ford Avenue School 14 principal Cathie Brodsky with pay on Thursday after a state report issued last month made the allegations about her role on the NJ ASK test. She is scheduled to retire June 20.

The state zeroed in on Woodbridge for possible test cheating after finding that an unusual number of wrong answers there were erased and replaced with correct answers.

Five administrators and teachers in the district were previously suspended for cheating in the same period.

A current phone number for Brodsky could not be found.

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