By David Desroches

The renewed focus on testing has been heavily criticized by some parents and many teachers. The Connecticut Education Association, which is the state’s largest teachers union, issued a statement after the NAEP scores were released, urging these scores to be viewed as the result of flawed policy.

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Jeffrey Villar, executive director of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, said change takes time.

“We are working to raise academic standards, use data from a new state assessment, and develop a system for providing professional development to our educators,” Villar said in a statement. “These aren’t the types of changes that happen overnight, so we can’t expect scores to improve immediately.”

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