Re: Test Scores Down at Contractor-Run Baltimore Schools, Says Teachers Union

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From: Mr. Damon Kelly
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 20:03

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"Percentiles."  This is a bad metric to use in situations like this;
for all I know, the people near the top of the scale have trouble
reading bus schedules or manipulating decimals outside of counting
pennies.

What happened to the unadulterated measurement of raw test scores?

-d


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damon@umbc.edu                                                damon@umbc.bitnet

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