One would think that with such a dramatic increase, test scores of students would have increased as well, but that is not the case. ... People continue to pay more and more money to this department, when the test scores of the students barely move. ... These requirements are "establish learning standards, create annual assessments to measure student progress in reading and math in grades 3-8 and once in high school, set a level at which students are considered proficient in tested areas, and report to the public on what percentage students are proficient, with the information broken down by ra...

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