New York State Education Department
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In the fall, when New York State Education Department officials distributed sample questions and answers for the annual standardized mathematics exam, they fully intended to help students study and prepare for the test. What they did not intend was to give about 400,000 seventh and eighth graders an advance peek at actual test questions. New York State Education Department officials distributed sample questions and answers for the annual standardized mathematics exam, they fully intended to help students study and prepare for the test. But unintentionally they gave about 400,000 seventh and eighth graders an advance peek at actual test questions. Education officials and testing experts said there was little choice but to ignore those questions in the tabulation of final scores.