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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 07:41 AM Original message |
SAT scores see sharpest decline in 31 years |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. Making it, in George W. Bush's America |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Here in the Milwaukee those taking the SAT are more affluent |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 05:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
51. They will be heading to Harvard,Yale, Brown, Princeton this fall |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 08:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. No Child Left Behind.. |
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JoFerret (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. I would hate to see the SAT |
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zreosumgame (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 06:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. well, it actually IS a measure of NCLB |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. No Child is working wonders, isn't it Dimson? |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
4. sounds like its a new version |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 02:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. ITA... |
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Ka hrnt (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. Ooops... |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:45 AM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Biased towards white males from higher-level socio-econ backgrounds |
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Ka hrnt (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Sorry; don't see it. |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. The bush mentality is sweeping through the population......... |
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muesa (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 08:31 AM Response to Original message |
6. The Republican Dumbing Down of America |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 08:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Welcome to DU |
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Kip Humphrey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. all children left behind thanks to GW's gambit to dumb down America |
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fshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
8. Not enough prayers before exams. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 08:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. We don't need a "moment of silence" |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
10. I was blown away to hear Maine's written average was under 500! |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 11:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. See Frei Republic for examples. (NT) |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 09:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
47. shouldn't be surprising |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
11. Some colleges are doing away with SATs |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 12:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. SAT Scores ARE Worthless |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. another catastrophic success for the monkey |
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MysteryToMyself (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. This is the Bushite pattern |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 12:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I keep forgetting they want to drown the government |
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samsingh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
17. the dumbification of the country continues |
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MysteryToMyself (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. Bushites are like termites |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. "Journalists" sure are stupid |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
23. Here's the Most Chilling Stat from the Article |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. by making education unattainable (and even seem undesirable) |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 01:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Bottom Line, Unskilled Laborers Will Never Be Middle Class |
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moondust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Wrong. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. ACT popular in Iowa |
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9119495 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. In Iowa we take the ACT. It is based here and colleges |
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dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 09:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
46. The ACT is the usual test in those states |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
26. All children left behind (n/t) |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
29. Let's see, homeschooling, teaching to the test, charter schools, vouchers |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Homeschoolers test well and do very well in college. |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I know parents of six home-schooled kids |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Funding problems aren't homeschoolers fault |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I think funding problems for public education is everyone's problem |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Of course strong public schools effect all of us |
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gully (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-02-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
57. SAT scores for homeschoolers: |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. You are correlating four different phenomenons. |
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Ka hrnt (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
37. Wow... |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
40. The article doesn't mention |
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5thGenDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
42. Bad time to mention that my HS class was 31 years ago? |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
43. True story |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
44. The problems with our schools are the VOTERS' fault. |
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Nutmegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-30-06 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
45. Plug into TeeVees and iPods |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
48. Girls Achieve Rare SAT Scores - Outpace Boys in One Category |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. SHEESH! you need a study to know this? try Match.com! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 12:27 AM Response to Reply #48 |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
53. Could the increased length of the test be a factor? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 06:16 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Seems to me that might be one question to ask |
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ReadTomPaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-31-06 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
55. Mission Accomplished. n/t |
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