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Paul Coverdell: If we are in a national debate about the condition of elementary and secondary education, would one be nervous, given…

On the recordApril 22, 1998
If we are in a national debate about the condition of elementary and secondary education, would one be nervous, given the forces that want to protect the status quo, that testing could be designed to protect the condition we are in?
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Paul Coverdell
Georgia

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Discussing concerns about testing in the context of education reform.

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