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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Cathy wrote:
 Furthermore, I
> will be surprised if mandatory testing does not route children into one or
> the other track before they reach high school.

That already happens.  When my daughter was in the 6th grade they wanted 
to put on a non-college track based on a borderline standardized test in 
math. I had several meetings with administrators and finally convinced 
that that she should be in a more advanced class and on a college track. 
   I feel for those kids that never had a parent go to bat for 
them...they may have missed all kinds of opportunities, just because 
they had a bad test day.

B

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