31.   Attacks on standardized tests have gained increased attention as affirmative action programs are being dismantled across the country.

32.   Bartman had recommended that both the Kansas City and St. Louis districts lose their accreditation after their students posted dismal scores on the latest state standardized tests.

33.   Because they and graduates of their academies conceive and write the standardized tests that everybody else must take, they are prepped for a successful performance from day one.

34.   Beck, who has advocated national rules to include behavior along with grades and standardized test scores as admissions criteria, clasped her hands tightly.

35.   Before standardized tests, she hands out small cups filled with raisins, plus peppermints.

36.   Basili said harbingers of such a trend have already appeared at Kaplan, which prepares people to take standardized tests.

37.   Before the mistake was discovered, Crew had been a leading advocate for using standardized tests to hold students and educators accountable.

38.   Beginning this winter, fourth and eighth graders will sit for new state standardized tests in reading and mathematics.

39.   Black students, on average, score half as well as whites on standardized tests.

40.   Bernal says language-minority children are often placed in special education programs because current standardized tests fail to capture their true abilities.