DT> MS>    Evaluating public schools as an _American_ institution does 
DT> not
DT> MS>mean  evaluating the public schools of either an impoverished
DT> MS>all-minority slum or  an all-white farming state.  It means
DT> MS>evaluating the performance of public  schools as a _composite_
DT> MS>typical of what American kids get.  
DT> 
DT> our evaluation must take into consideration outside factors.  Schools 
DT> can't be held responsible for factors outside their control.  We 
DT> don't 
DT> have poor quality education in some schools so much as we have poor 
DT> schools.  We know economics to be a factor in student performance so 
DT> we 
DT> need to address that issue.  Lumping all schools together and coming 
DT> up 
DT> with an average does not tell us anything.  
    Lumping all U.S. public schools together sure tells us a lot more about 
American public schools than taking a micro view of _exceptional_ schools 
does.
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