11.   Among the students I spoke to, the feeling was that cheating on a test or homework was acceptable, whereas cheating on a national standardized test was not.

12.   And as impressive as the classrooms look because of the extra investment, standardized test scores have declined in several of these schools.

13.   And even some educators are questioning the value of some standardized tests.

14.   And beginning this year, the Iowa test will be replaced statewide by another standardized test, the Stanford Achievement Test.

15.   And each year, city officials say, students continue to score higher on standardized tests than those in the public schools.

16.   And he would require school children to take standardized tests beginning in first grade to make sure they can read and write.

17.   And test scores can hardly improve when newly arrived immigrants who speak little English must take standardized tests with no preparation.

18.   And students who graduate from bilingual programs in the LAUSD score higher on standardized tests than the district norm, she said.

19.   And though the students generally take the same standardized tests as other public school students, the states have not developed criteria for deciding when to close a school.

20.   Antonucci said that the overall improvement in SAT scores reflects a more serious classroom effort to prepare students for standardized tests, and better academics in public schools generally.