Klarinet Archive - Posting 000014.txt from 2004/05

From: ormondtoby@-----.net (Ormondtoby Montoya)
Subj: [kl] ....idiocy
Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 14:13:52 -0400

This is OT, I suppose, but since we discussed "No Child Left Behind" at
some length here:

Today's local newspaper announced that because of a clerical error, 90%
of the sophomore class in our largest district were excluded from the
test score calculations.

Apparently it took 'the system' about 3 months to acknowledge this.
Allegedly this penalized local score averages noticeably, although
nobody is saying by how much yet.

....for crying out loud! When you think of all the education and
funding issues that are influenced nowadays by these test scores. I'm
so glad that 'the system' is working properly....

Oh well, back to clarinet conversation. My apologies for interrupting.

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