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Old 07-28-2010, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by AGDee View Post
I don't think it's just parents pushing for this, I think it's all of society. For example, as part of NCLB, every high school junior in Michigan takes the ACT as their standardized test du jour. When they first announced that, I thought that was crazy. The ACT is geared toward college bound students, not ALL students. It is crazy that all juniors have to take it, even special ed kids who clearly are not able to succeed on it.
Do they have to pay for it?? My fuzzy brain seems to remember having to pay to take the ACT and SAT.

If they do, that's whiggedy whack. No student should be forced to pay for something they aren't going to use in the least.
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