ATLANTA - An investigation by the Glynn County school district has confirmed "test improprieties" at a Brunswick elementary school that is part of a statewide probe into allegations of cheating on standardized tests.

The district has identified the employees who had direct access to the tests administered last summer at Burroughs-Molette Elementary, district spokesman Jim Weidhaas said Wednesday. He said the employees' names will be submitted to the state for further investigation, though he declined to name the employees because it is a personnel matter.

Not all the people involved are still employed with the district, but those who left did not do so as a result of the cheating allegations, he said. Others could also be involved, he said.

"Based on information gathered in the internal investigation, it is possible that other unidentified persons may have gained access to the testing materials," Weidhaas wrote in a prepared statement.

A state audit released earlier this month showed a high number of answers had been changed on the fifth-grade math Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests at four elementary schools after students turned them in last summer. In addition to Burroughs-Molette, schools in Atlanta, Fulton County and DeKalb County were identified in the audit.

The altered tests helped Burroughs-Molette meet No Child Left Behind standards and avoid sanctions under federal law.

The state Board of Education is scheduled to vote next month on whether to toss out the tampered tests, which would mean the south Georgia elementary school would be on the "needs improvement" list. Schools on that list must offer extra tutoring and allow parents to transfer students to higher performing schools.

Two administrators from Atherton Elementary in DeKalb County - former principal James Berry and assistant principal Doretha Alexander - were arrested late last week as a result of the state audit and charged with tampering with public documents. Berry resigned after admitting altering the tests, while Alexander has been reassigned pending further investigation.

Neither have returned repeated calls for comment.

Glynn County District Attorney Stephen Kelley did not immediately return a call for comment Wednesday. Weidhaas said the DA has not notified the district that he is investigating the cheating allegations.