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Higher standards cause large declines in Oklahoma reading and math scores

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From The Tulsa World:

Oklahoma’s tougher testing standards led to significant decreases in student proficiency rates in reading and math on Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests for third- through eighth-graders statewide.

A Tulsa World analysis shows that decreases in reading proficiency ranged from 12 percentage points among the state’s third-graders to 22 percentage points among fifth-graders. Math proficiency decreases ranged from 7 percentage points among seventh-graders to 29 percentage points among fourth-graders.

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