‘Hard Truth’ on Education – New, Higher Standards for Proficiency Alter View of Years of Perceived Gains

Erasing years of academic progress, state education officials acknowledged that hundreds of thousands of children had been misled into believing they were proficient in English and math, when in fact they were not.

By BARBARA MARTINEZ

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