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"In April 2000, things escalated sharply after a copy of the test was stolen and mailed to the news media."

Guys, Anybody have any knowledge of the whereabouts of the test or copies?? I bet dollars to donuts that the questions are mostly subjective rather than objective with unoquivocable answers. These folks love questions without answers. they can "evaluate" the students to fit any mold they like to "better serve the state". Peace and love, George.

"they can "evaluate" the students to fit any mold they like to "better serve the state"."

Put that statement along with the other where the police officer threatens the mom with taking her children away, and that is the ultimate goal of government schools. Brainwash them, remove them from the family and use them for the good of the state.

When informed parents take the school to task, they are treated in much the same way the left treats the right in this country....overreaction, hand-wringing and threats. The children learn from this and voila....propagation of more little goose-stepping liberals and the cycle continues.

This is crap, pure and simple. Why the Knights didn't sue the "bleep" out of Gwinnett County, the School Board and the gestapo police is beyond fathom. And Wilbanks gets what he wants in the end.

The ending to this novel needs to be re-written!

The thing that kills me is that my daughter just took this test. She has ADD and is a slower learner, but this year she has turned in mostly A's and B's in a regular classroom environment. The teacher dragged ass so much in class that she had to cram all kinds of stuff covered in the Gateway into the last couple of weeks of school. They were trying to cover one science chapter a day right before the test. She wound up failing those sections. But they assured us it doesn't matter, because they were going to pass her anyway. This test is a joke, and so is the school system in Gwinnett. I also don't appreciate my fourth grader being taught that inter-racial dating is ok, and it's ok for people to live together. These are concepts that fall under the parents beliefs and jurisdiction, and whether I believe or don't believe in them is not the point. It's a matter of right and wrong. It's not the school's place to brainwash my child with their mantra of choice. I would have problems with this kind of stuff being taught in a high school health class, much less to pre-pubescent 10 year olds without their parents signing off on it.

"I'll bet dollars to donuts the questions are mostly subjective rather than objective with unequivical answers."

If it is like the majority of standardized tests developed in this country, just the opposit is true: most of the questions would have been objective, multiple choice questions, with a few essay or short answer items. It is in the content of the material about which the questions are asked where you would look for propaganda.

VietVet

If I were elected Governor of the land of peasant living, the FIRST action I would take would be to require the resignation of Ms. Grasmick on my desk by 8:00 the next morning.

Of course, in a State that is hell bent on having a Royal Kennedy or a boy king as its next Governor, my chances are vanishingly small. 'Pod

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