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OK ARN - let's come through for CARE! ----- Original Message ----- From: "lguisbond" <guisbond@world.std.com> To: <care@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 11:50 AM Subject: [care] Weigh in! Poll on MCAS in Metro newspaper > Everyone is invited to go to www.boston-metro.com and cast your vote > against the MCAS. The question is: Is the MCAS biased against poor, > minorities. When I checked in just now, the results were as follows: > > 52% said The MCAS is not biased. It was prepared by teachers from > around the state, including teachers of poor and minority students, > and they went out of their way to make the test fair and unbiased. > > 31% said the MCAS test is definitely biased against poor and minority > students. > > 15% said the MCAS might have a slight bias if only because suburban > schools have better facilities and spend more money on their > schools. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > Total votes: 19 > > Let em have it folks. > > Lisa > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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