Perhaps that is as it should be: when works are played in safe, standardized readings, they fade into the woodwork.

These criteria would include traditional measures, including grades and scores on annual standardized reading and math tests.

At the District 14 public elementary schools, standardized reading and math scores fall close to the citywide mean or just below it.

Students qualify for admission based on their scores on standardized reading and math tests.

At some of those 55 schools, just over half the students passed standardized reading and math exams last year.

New York City has adopted standardized reading and mathematics programs for most schools.

Newspapers regularly publish district-by-district scores on standardized reading and math tests.

The paramount goal is to increase scores on standardized reading and math tests that start in the third grade.

The city would rely on standardized reading and math tests that children would take for the first time in the third grade.

Tubman students regularly outpace the other 50 or so elementary schools in the district on standardized reading and math tests.