“Those questions and answers were purchased by those who sought teacher certification in Florida,” Keefe said during a news conference. “A significant number of individuals as well as organizations obtained these questions and answers and were part of the dissemination of them.”
While Keefe said the case goes beyond Florida, he stressed that there shouldn't be a cloud over the state's teachers and principals.
“Our teachers and our school administrators, the vast, vast, vast majority of them are highly competent, high integrity and selflessly do great and good work each day through very challenging times,” Keefe said. “Great care has to be taken here to make certain that the work we're doing to provide accountability doesn't cast an improper cloud.”