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Bob Schaffer: “The question is now, when we see all of the reform that is taking place, before you didn't know where your qualified…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2012
The question is now, when we see all of the reform that is taking place, before you didn't know where your qualified teachers were, you wouldn't say where the distribution was, your graduation rate--any improvement made you AYP.
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Bob Schaffer

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Schaffer critiques the previous lack of transparency in teacher qualifications and graduation rates.

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