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To: DavesM who wrote (458460)9/13/2003 8:21:30 PM
From: American Spirit  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Those Texas scores are phony says Rand Corporation. The statehouse orders teachers to teach to the test, giving kids the answers ahead of time just to pump up their scores. Any state could get high scores if they showed kids the test questions ehad of time. Like Arnold's debate. Not really a test, just a short-term memory quiz.

In actuality, Texas has near the worst drop-out, teen crime and teacher's pay scores in the country, almost as bad as Alabama. The poverty of its education is covered up by the tst score scam. In actuality, it's all low grade. Ask anyone who actually lives in Texas.



To: DavesM who wrote (458460)9/13/2003 8:49:31 PM
From: American Spirit  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Since kids cant find jobs maybe they are doing more homework. Teenaged unemployment was the worst in 55 years this past summer. If I were a student now I'd be studying harder because it's much tougher to find work in this economy.

Sorry, I thought you were talking about Texas public schools.



To: DavesM who wrote (458460)9/13/2003 9:14:04 PM
From: Dan B.  Respond to of 769670
 
Good heavens, and we may know there are similar realities surrounding his other points.

Dan B



To: DavesM who wrote (458460)9/13/2003 11:34:42 PM
From: gladirus  Respond to of 769670
 
Geez Dave, are you from Texas?



To: DavesM who wrote (458460)9/13/2003 11:56:41 PM
From: Gordon A. Langston  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Good heavens, this is shocking.!!

Some critics say the SAT unfairly favors boys. "The SAT is not a level playing field," says Bob Schaeffer of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing.

Basili, an SAT coach, says that's the nature of the test. "Girls tend to be more perfectionistic as they take tests," he says. "The SAT rewards students for using time wisely and for smart guessing."


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