CB> Great--but then the scores your students are 
CB> achieving are not due to 
CB> the 
CB> test being there, they are due to the education 
CB> they have received, 
CB> no?
 MS>     Maybe not.
 MS>     Kids wanting to "make the team" in sports are 
 MS> motivated to prepare by the knowledge that failure 
 MS> to meet standards means no football uniform.  Is 
 MS> it really any different for the kid wanting to go 
 MS> to college who knows that not passing the North 
 MS> Carolina competency test means no HS degree?
Matt, the education they receive gives them the ability to pass a test, the 
test adds no quality to the process.  When are you going to take a drive to 
Spring Hill, TN? Pretty close to you, I am sure that Saturn would be glad to 
give you a tour of the factory.
--- Maximus 2.02
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