Students take standardized tests known as Maine Educational Assessments, or MEAs, every year. The results are for math and English tests given to all students in third through eighth grades, and SAT results for juniors in high school.
Maine Department of Education officials said they were delaying the release to allow for more time to work with the vendor, Focal Point K-12, to “ensure that the data is accurate prior to its release.”
“The Department is making a concerted effort to complete the validation process so that we can release the results as soon as possible,” read a statement posted on the DOE web site.
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