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Want to understand your child’s test scores? Here’s what to ignore

  • Written by Stephen Sireci, Professor of Educational Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
imageWhat do you need to know about test score reports?Mother image via www.shutterstock.com

Now that the first month of school is over, parents can get ready for the next milestone of the school year – they will soon get reports of the state tests their children took last year.

My estimates show that approximately 26 million students in public...

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