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N.Y. Teacher Rallies Against State Tests, Says Math Is Too Difficult

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William Gotsch, a fourth-grade teacher at Madrid-Waddington Central School in Madrid, N.Y., is urging the state to revisit its new education standards, after determining that the common core sample math question on the Education Department's website are too difficult for fourth graders, the Watertown Daily Times reports.

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