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Article: Tests and conservatives: the beat goes on.(public schools wins the race in academic achievement)
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- The Humanist
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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American schools are not doing worse than in earlier times. Evidence seems to be that they are doing better, with the most dramatic gains coming from minority students, who now have closed some of the gap with whites in academic achievement.
--Richard Rothstein, from The Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement
What do George W. Bush and his father have in common? Both, it seems clear, have gone out of their way to suppress reports that highlight the efficacy of public schools in the United States. In August 2004 the National Assessment of Educational Progress did the first national comparison of test scores among children in charter schools ...