Simon, Steve, PhD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in sci.stat.edu:
>I can't really believe that you would give a test to 1600 students and then
>only grade a fraction of them. Wouldn't the students get upset about this?
Remember the context: the students are not being tested, the school
system is. (This ignores the point, already made by others, that
standardized testing is a lousy way to test the effectiveness of a
school system.)
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