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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: A request for an explanation from a Congressional staffer
In a message dated 7/25/2007 1:42:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bobschaeffer@earthlink.net writes: Ken: I don't know Tom Toch's source, but the Government Accountability Office did produce a report on NCLB testing costs in 2003, which has some statistics: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03389.pdf Toch covered the education testing beat as a reporter (Education Week, U.S. News & World Report) for many years. He work is generally viewed as solid and accurate. You probably can ask him directly about the source -- ttoch@educationsector.org FYI: My experience with Toch several years ago in doing research on education topics as an editorial page writer was he was too quick to parrot information provided by certain interest groups without questioning the data. I called him on a couple of occassions to ask about the figures he used in various stories and found he really didn't do his homework on the sources providing the information. --Billee Bussard ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour
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