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Monday, March 21, 2011

WashPo Answer Sheet - How test scores are used as a political prop

On the fact cherry-picking "reformers" and their continuing hypocrisy...

How test scores are used as a political prop: "Politicians have long used funding to mandate policy–often with little logic (consider the use of highway funds to force raising the drinking age to 21 under Ronald Reagan). This is happening with abandon in education, as policymakers ignore evidence as they insist on ‘reform.’"

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