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Pete Hoekstra: “No, I do not think so. What we have is we have a group of people here in Washington, and you have some other interesting…”

On the recordOctober 23, 1997
No, I do not think so. What we have is we have a group of people here in Washington, and you have some other interesting statistics on tests, but the people here in Washington who developed the test that they expect to work in Holland, Michigan, that they expect to work in San Diego, that they expect to work in Fort Collins, is that where my colleague from Colorado is from? Close?
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Pete Hoekstra
Michigan

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Discussing the applicability of educational tests developed in Washington to various cities.

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