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Up the Down School Tests

Submitted by Jane Hirschmann, Jun 19, 2007 09:31

Great job. Finally a piece that tells the truth about testing and why scores go up and down. Cut scores can be manipulated to get the results you want particularly during an election year!! Remember how the 4th grade scores went up the year before Bloomberg was re-elected! Thanks, Jane Hirschmann

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The NY Sun and Fred Smith deserve immense credit for this column. It is lucid, instructive and far from trivial.... [MORE]	Abraham Samuels	Jun 22, 2007 16:26
The New York Sun continues to print meaningless articles about testing that are more akin to a group of priests... [MORE]	Fred Stopsky	Jun 21, 2007 13:07
As a retired teacher of English (after 35 years), all I can say is, "God bless you Mr. Smith." [MORE]	Herman Kolender	Jun 20, 2007 10:09
Great job. Finally a piece that tells the truth about testing and why scores go up and down. Cut scores...	Jane Hirschmann	Jun 19, 2007 09:31

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