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Test Scores May Be Misleading, Experts Warn

A decade ago, policymakers set out to create testing systems that they said would be worth teaching to. But they haven't achieved their goal yet, according to testing experts attending a two-day federally sponsored conference here.

In states where test scores are rising, the improvements may have nothing to do with whether schools have upgraded their teaching and...

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