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Fallout of Oklahoma school testing glitch continues

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Oklahoma schools Superintendent Janet Barresi said she wasn't part of the decision-making process to hire the state's testing company, but she has stepped in to negotiate what happens from now on after the company experienced a technical glitch that affected more than 9,000 test-takers.

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