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Gloomy news arrived last week. West Virginia students' scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress dropped a few points from the last time the test was given. Did you hear the heavy sighs in school hallways around the state?
This isn't even the test that everything rides on. The one that is tied to the ill-named "No Child Left Behind Act." The one that trips penalties for naughty schools and time in the choky.See the full content of this document
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Aw, Man! It's All Connected
West Virginia fourth-graders scored an average of 215 in reading. That's down from 219 in 2003, which also is the national average. Ho- hum. They did better in math, maintaining an average score of 231. Woo-hoo! The national average...
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