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kensuguro
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by kensuguro » Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:45 pm
"reading proficiency scores in public schools have tripled!" says a tv ad for Jersey City public schools... wait... so you're saying, in order to triple proficiency scores, the starting score had to have been 33% or lower!!!
wow, not good.....
hubird
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by hubird » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:03 pm
it's like with lotions, tooth-paste,. etc., three times more effective/cheaper/better...so it was always shit what they sold you...
wayne
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by wayne » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:22 pm
One word: very bloody misleading
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by garyb » Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:23 pm
those who have made it through those schools can't think well enough to decipher this.
arela
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by arela » Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:05 am
just like an athlet, playing 120%
witch means:
a) he on anabole's today
b) lately he's played poorly
c) reporters are crazy
d) any