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Sheldon Whitehouse: “One of the reasons we took this step was to get rid of the scourge of testing of schools that was so badly deforming the…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2016
One of the reasons we took this step was to get rid of the scourge of testing of schools that was so badly deforming the behavior of schools
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse emphasizes the need to eliminate harmful testing practices in schools.

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