Lawmakers: Reading Tests 'Dumbed Down'; Education Official Denies the Claims and Says Testing Standards Have Remained the Same Since 1992

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DES MOINES (AP) - Republican legislative leaders accused state education officials Thursday of changing reading test scoring measures to make Iowa's results look better.

"We've dumbed down our tests," Senate President Jeff Lamberti, R- Ankeny, said. "They have re-normed our tests to try to show gains in reading."

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Lawmakers: Reading Tests 'Dumbed Down'; Education Official Denies the Claims and Says Testing Standards Have Remained the Same Since 1992

Department of Education Director Ted Stilwill flatly denied Lamberti's remarks and said Iowa's reading test standards have been unchanged for several years.

"The gains we've reported have been consistently...

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