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In a message dated 3/14/02 10:26:41 AM, aburke@VANSD.ORG writes: <<Yes, at a quantum level. Art>> One of the reasons we published those odious Chicago tests three years ago is that everyone (parent, child, teacher, citizen) deserves the information necessary to make judgments on the judges. One of the worst forms of abuse of children is testing them unfairly on poorly choiced "assessments." Included in this for me is assigning a kid a number based on a secret assessment. George Schmidt -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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