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Barbara Boxer: Absolutely, and testing. We support, you and I, this voluntary national testing. It is interesting, some of the people…

On the recordSeptember 30, 1997
Absolutely, and testing. We support, you and I, this voluntary national testing. It is interesting, some of the people who are the strongest supporters of giving back to these private schools are fighting against testing. They don't want to have the children tested. Therefore, we will never know who is being left behind. The Senator is on target. We know what we have to do to make these kids whole. We know what we have to do to help 100 percent of the kids.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Discussing the importance of voluntary national testing in education.

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