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New York will make standardized exams tougher
- 07-20-2010
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By Jennifer Medina/New York Times
New York State education officials acknowledged on Monday that their standardized exams had become easier to pass over the last four years and said they would recalibrate the scoring for tests taken this spring, which is almost certain to mean thousands more students will fail. While scores spiked significantly across the state at every grade level, there were no similar gains on other measurements, including national exams, they said. “The only possible conclusion is that something strange has happened to our test,” David M. Steiner, the education commissioner, said during a Board of Regents meeting in Albany. (more...)
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