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    RS>>> "Nationwide, only 30 percent of public school eighth graders earned   
    TR>> a RS>rating of "proficient" or better in reading, and the average   
    TR>> reading score RS>on the NAEP test was 262 out of 500."   
      
    RS> http://mediamatters.org/blog/201102220030   
      
    TR>> You obviously don't realize it...but that little bit of info serves as   
    TR>> an indictment of the *unionized* public education system in this   
    TR>> country.   
      
    RS> Someone found a correlation, the 5 states that don't have   
    RS> collective bargaining for teachers, have the 5 worst SAT   
    RS> scores. (WI is #3, by the way.)   
      
    RS> http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/policyblog/detail/   
    RS> 2010-sat-scores-by-state   
      
    That one is useful.   
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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