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Joni Falk
on December 1, 2000
at 10:43AM
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Closing the discussion
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This discussion has run past its promised end date. I want to thank all of you who posted. We had some very interesting, and varied perspectives on the effects of high stakes testing on the LSCs and I will try to summarize them next week. The discussion did not end up exploring other influences on the LSC system such as the political agenda, business interests, conservative movements, the Religious Right, or parental pressures. I did come across a paper this week in Phi Delta Kappan that did address all of the above. It is entitled Friends, Foes, Noncombatants: Notes on Public Education s Pressure Groups. I have ordered reprints and will send you each a copy when they arrive. Many, many thanks for your participation. PS. Please feel free to e-mail me with topics for future discussions that interest you, and let me know if there is a discussion that you would like to moderate. Also, please send your reactions to participating in the discussion. I know it was a busy time of year, with the annual reports due, but I would be interested to hear from those who posted, as well as from those who did not, if participating (or reading) was useful. Also, if you didn t post write please tell me why. We are trying to figure out how to make these discussions work better. Send messages to me.
THANKS! Joni
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