By now, there isn’t a U.S. household with school-age children that hasn’t experienced a standardized test, be it national assessments like the SAT-9, SAT-10, MAT-8, Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) , or TerraNova Assessment Series (CTBS/5 and CA STAR) , or state tests like the FCAT (Florida), TAKS (Texas), and MCAS (Massachusetts). While each state’s implementation and use of standardized tests has its critics, most educational experts agree that testing is a measure of how well students comprehend and apply knowledge. They also agree that high…
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