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"Last month, we learned that 4th graders earned the highest math and reading scores in the history of our Nation's Report Card -- and that's good news. I'm able to report that because we actually measure now in the schools."

Two points: First, scores are increasing at a slower rate since NCLB passed. Second, uh, NAEP, or "our Nation's Report Card," has been "measuring...in the schools" since the late 1960s.

Posted by John on October 10, 2007 04:48 PM | Permalink

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Every document I open these days will automatically replace "the soft bigotry of low expectations" with "the thin Pablum of disingenuous politicians." Technology rocks so hard!

Posted by: Mike | October 11, 2007 03:09 PM

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