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Teaching to the Test
Last Aired: 5/13/2002

The discovery of scoring errors in both state and national standardized tests has shocked and outraged many students and parents. Yet recently passed federal legislation ties federal school funding to yearly standardized testing. Opponents have complained ### that this incentive-based funding will reward the schools that need it the least and force teachers to teach to the test. Testing advocates point
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Margot's Farewell
Thanks to all our listeners and guests who, over nine years, helped us begin a national conversation on the powers and limits of government, the relevance of our constitution, and the meaning of democracy. Thanks to Annenberg and NPR and, on a personal note, I also owe a debt to the two people who taught me political theory many years ago: Jack Schaar and Sheldon Wolin. –Margot Adler
 
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