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Fair Test folks: This message is from Ron Barnett, a reporter for The Greenville News, a daily newspaper in South Carolina. I've been following your recent debate with interest. My partner on the education beat is looking into an issue we hope you can help us with. Here's her question. I'm looking into how some schools may be manipulating test scores, specifically S.A.T. scores. One example: I've heard that some guidance counselors encourage (lower achieving) students not to send their scores to colleges until they see how well (or not well) they perform on the test (thereby increasing the average score at that school). This, of course, enables schools to avoid reporting the lower scores which makes them look better in the eyes of people who judge everything by those numbers. I am wondering if any of you can comment on this or point us to someone who can. Thanks for your help, Stephanie Erickson at The Greenville News (new education reporter here) >From Ron Barnett, The Greenville News -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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