. >> reporter: diane ravitch blames a law that links funding with test performance. >> we have a terribleeft behind that says all schools have to have 100% of students proficient in reading and math by 2014 or their schools will be closed down. >> reporter: in atlanta warning signs were there. former teacher paul landerman saw a teacher help 50 students change test answers. he reported it and the next day he says he was fired. >> the greatest value inside that system is loyalty to the system. >> reporter: for overall responsibility the report points to beverly hall, the school system's former superintendent. atlanta schools showed such progress at one point in 2009, hall was named america's superintendent of the year. but investigators say hall either knew of the cheating or should have. she denied that but in her retirement video last month blamed other employees. >> i am confident that aggressive, swift action will be taken against anyone who believes so little in our students and in our system of support that they turned to dishonesty as the only option. >> reporter: atlanta's superint

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