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[Susan Ohanian <susano@gmavt.net>]

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Four-Year-Olds Are Notoriously Slippery
Matthew I. Pinzur
Miami Herald
2003-12-16
http://susanohanian.org/show_atrocities.php?id=1516

In the complex and emotional world of testing, nothing baffles the experts like a 4-year-old. Their answer to a simple question may be loquacious on Monday, silent on Wednesday and somewhere in between on Friday.





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Educators Reject "Failure" Labeling
Heather May
Salt Lake Tribune
2003-12-16
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=0

 There's a new saying in Utah public schools: Don't judge the school by its test scores. Teachers reject federal failure label.


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A Superintendent Talks Turkey on NCLB
Stan Scheer

2003-12-17
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=282

Colorado superintendent says, "I am now having to live with 3 different expectations with the use of data, 3 different rating systems, 3 different sets of sanctions, and the fact that none of these systems are necessarily valid or reliable in terms of their effectiveness." And he says lots more. 

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Sometimes NCLB Gives Rural Schools an Edge
 Jennifer Toomer-Cook and Tiffany Erickson
Deseret Morning News
2003-12-17
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=283

A glance at Utah schools' No Child Left Behind reports make it look as if youngsters behind bars are leaders in academic achievement. Read this and count your blessings that you don't have to figure out your confidence level.

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Hate Crimes at School Rising
Troy Anderson
LosAngeles Daily New.com
2003-12-18
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_atrocities.html?id=284

Push kids to the limit, drive them with force to be better than all others, and somewhere, someone,cracks.  Hated is on the rise.  Surprised?

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Student Performance Not Tied to Urban Setting, Study Suggests
Michael Dobbs of the Washington Post

2003-12-18
http://susanohanian.org/show_nclb_stories.html?id=86

 This article in the Washington Post says theres a study out'suggesting that', Poverty, joblessness, homelessness, drug-riddled environment have no effect on the learning of children so immersed. And they have the NAEP to back them!

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Little People
Lisa A. Hedley

2003-12-16
http://susanohanian.org/show_special_commentaries.html?id=11

In this Salon.com interview the parent of a dwarf interviews Dan Kennedy, author of a new book which explores dwarfism--and the emotional and practical consequences of having a child who is different.

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Data Be Damned!
Georgia Hedrick

2003-12-18
http://susanohanian.org/show_special_commentaries.html?id=12

Here is a data-free opinion given in this data-driven educational system by one retired teacher.