A Todd Elementary School teacher is being investigated for alleged improprieties during the administration of the 3-8 state math test, according to school and state education officials.

The teacher has been removed from the classroom and assigned to home pending further review of the matter, according to Briarcliff Schools Superintendent Frances Wills.

Wills said the review will be completed “in the next few weeks,” and definitely before the end of the school year.

When asked whether the improprieties arose during the testing or the scoring, Wills answered: “It was not the scoring, no.”

She declined to comment further.

“It’s a personnel process, meaning I can’t say anything more than that,” Wills said.

A parent told The Journal News that all students were interviewed after some irregularities were found during the scoring. Then the class parents were also called into the school, and told that the teacher had been removed because the kids told them the teacher was giving them the answers, according to the parent.

The math tests took place late March, and Briarcliff district officials reported the allegations to the state Education Department March 28, according to Wills.

State officials today confirmed they had been alerted to the matter.

”(The State Education Department) has received a written report from the superintendent of the Briarcliff Manor UFSD concerning administration of the 3-8 Mathematics Test at the Todd Elementary School,” said spokesman Tom Dunn. “We have asked BOCES District Superintendent Dr. James Langlois to investigate the alleged improprieties and to report back to the Department.”

I will post updates as I get them.