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In the News: CPS parents take on high-stakes testing February 06, 2013 By: Cassandra West A group of Chicago parents is mounting an effort to get CPS to limit standardized testing and provide more transparency about the costs, amount and stakes of the 22 tests now being administered in the district. They've launched a website and a petition. Read More \| (0) Comments	State says student test scores set to plummet under higher standards January 23, 2013 By: Sarah Karp Next year, parents likely will get a rude awakening when they are handed their child’s ISAT scores. After a decade in which ISAT cut scores crept down, state officials are poised to raise them, thereby likely reducing the number of students who meet or exceed standards. Read More \| (3) Comments
In the News: Raise Your Hand to take on testing November 06, 2012 By: Cassandra West Raise Your Hand for Illinois Eduction, a group that focuses generally on advocating for more resources and funding for schools, plans to spend some of this year tackling the standardized testing issue. Read More \| (3) Comments	In the News: Counting tests that kindergartners take October 26, 2012 By: Cassandra West How many standardized tests do Chicago Public School kindergarteners actually take? The answer, it seems, depends on whom you ask, according to Medill Reports. Read More \| (3) Comments
In the News: Pro-charter passage stripped from tests May 29, 2012 By: Cassandra West The Scantron Corporation, a national testing company, has pulled a reading passage that critics say subjected a captive audience of Chicago Public School children to pro-charter-school “brainwashing.’’ Read More \| (0) Comments

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