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New York Tests Rate a C+ On Grade Inflation

nysun.com » 2008 » May » 13th » New York Tests Rate a C+ On Grade Inflation

New York State's standardized tests are getting low marks due to grade inflation. Using test scores from 2007, two researchers — an education policy professor at Harvard University, Paul Peterson, and a Washington policy analyst, Frederick Hess, of the American Enterprise Institute — compared the percentage of students judged "proficient" by state tests to the percentage that met the same … Continue Reading »

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