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Who will pay to prep NY schools for computer-based testing?
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The feds? The state? Local property taxpayers?
The Board of Regents mulled Monday who should pay for schools to prepare students who take computer-based standardized tests in the 2014-15 school year.
"I've raised it repeatedly with [U.S. Education] Secretary [Arne] Duncan. This is a place where [the U.S. Department of Education] could be helpful," State Education Commissioner...