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Recently students in grades one through three across the Commonwealth took special tests in reading and math developed by the Department of Education. These tests resulted from a mandate in the Standards of Quality which states:

“Each school division shall administer tests primarily to provide the classroom teacher with information to help in assessing the educational needs of individual students. For primary and intermediate grades such testing shall include, at least annually, the administration of criterion-referenced tests developed or approved by the Department of Education to measure the progress of each student toward achieving educational objectives established under Standard IB..."

Criterion-Referenced Tests (CRT) are designed to test for

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