mike beaudet digging deeper into the serious consequences they're facing and one family's search for answers. reporter: a teacher at stanley elementary school falsified information and a teacher did everything from pointing out wrong answers to telling students what to do to correctly solve problems. the department of elementary secondary education. we have had a couple of cases. >> had they done their job, this never would have happened. the pain of alleged violation overwhelming for phillip andrews. the 14-year-old son, samuel, committed suicide in may after hampton middle school questioned about the usual answers on the test. the father outraged the school allegedly broke rules. >> no one is to rereview with a changed answers. >> do you think this is what pushed. over the edge? >> i do. there are lessons to be learned there. we want to learn them. >> it may be hard to cut corners on testing. the next generation students are going to take in the spring will computer-based system which the commissioner believes will make it secure. mike beaudet, wcvb newscenter 5. maria: caught on c

it all came to light after our mike beaudet started asking questions. the party was organized with the help of state employees on the clock and state-funded golf carts whisked guests to vip dcr did its own investigation of the party. but now in a new report the state comptroller says dcr's analysis lacked impartiality and independence and the evaluation should not have been conducted by dcr. he also said they underestimated the cost to taxpayers. dcr said it cost us just $817 but the comptroller says it really cost 2,000 500 and $79. -- $2579. extra money, and that it was the administration that requested the comptroller's review. the comptroller is also going to provide some more training on how the administration can prevent fraud, waste and abuse. maria: right now, police in lowell are investigating a disturbing discovery, a gun brought to school by an eight-year-old. ed: tonight, his father is facing charges. this all happenening at the greenhalge elementary school on ennel street that's where newscenter now facing charges for unlawful possession of

investigative reporter mike beaudet with the serious consequences they're facing. reporter: teachers in trouble over standardized testing. records show teachers caught cheating to help students score higher. a teacher at stanley elementary school -- did everything from pointing out wrong answers to telling a teacher helped students by looking through answer booklets after they had been turned in. in all three cases the state throughout the test scores and sent the findings to its legal department for possible disciplinary action. >> >> it would be something had an advantage in that process. >> after she was fired in 2008 for creating a document designed to assist students on the science and technology in cats. the state has revoked to teachers licenses. another educator license was surrendered. >> we hear story after story. >> have they done their jobs? this never would have happened. reporter: his 14-year-old son committed suicide in may after hampton middle school question samuel about his unusual answers. >> it was something to the effective make er in jail. bas

mike beaudet, 5 investigates. ed: 54 degrees here. maria: i am tired. ed: how tired are you? maria: i have no clear idea of the weather. ed: we will have mike harvey. mike: you did not today. there was a little bit of rain, but see this green? that is measurable rain. 11 hundredths in hartford. you see a few drops of rain or southern rhode island, that could affect southeastern massachusetts advocate. the main area is flooding north around here to seeing aerials decrease in coverage from little bit of rain except that around southern rhode island. through the night, we not only see left over drops in the south bow we get a clearing trend. will be nice and clear tomorrow morning, but it will be chillier than it is now. boston is 55, but the wind is coming from the northwest, it is chillier north and west. already 40's in keene, east. with time, chillier air in southern canada will come down and you notice the difference tomorrow morning. we have had cold air many times this fall season. boston upper 30's. 30, 32 in the suburbs, some frost in areas where the wind is big enough.