His push to improve public education has lacked ambition: Administration officials admit they made standardized tests the centerpiece of their plan not because anyone thinks they are the most vital improvement but because they are the least expensive.

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Most candidates repeated talking points that largely were critical of the Bloomberg administration's record, most notably the mayor's emphasis on using standardized tests to judge teachers and schools.

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