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Friday, July 13, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Bloomberg: Live By the Test, Die By the Test

Jersey Jazzman: Bloomberg: Live By the Test, Die By the Test:

Bloomberg: Live By the Test, Die By the Test

Generalissimo Mike Bloomberg, 8/8/11:
 Mayor Michael Bloomberg says students, teachers and administrators should be very proud of the gains in standardized test scores.
The mayor expressed joy over the latest test scores that show city school kids in grades 3 through 8, making gains in the state’s annual math and English exams.
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Bloomberg said that the “most important” and “encouraging conclusion” from the results was that “city students continue to move in the right direction.”
He added the results were “more evidence that work we are doing here in New '