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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: a question about curves
In a message dated 5/21/2006 10:00:49 PM Pacific Standard Time, learn@jps.net writes: ,,,Although federal officials including the Secretary of Education have talked as if the law required students to be "at grade level," the actual requirement is that they be "proficient." The definition of proficiency is left to the states. There is obviously an incentive for them to set it very low.,,, ____________________________________________________________________ This is essentially the argument for vouchers - that the states have incentives that work against the best interests of parents and children and parents and children need leverage to protect their interests and needs. Art
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