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Saturday, July 21, 2012

The National Misfit Data Base « Diane Ravitch's blog

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The National Misfit Data Base

You know, you have to be really careful with satire. Some genius at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce or the Whozit Foundation or the U.S. Department of Education might think it is serious and jump all over the idea.
Here is a truly dangerous satire by Diana Senechal. She envisions a National Misfit Data Base for kindergarten, to determine college and career readiness for tots.
As I said, be careful. This could easily get into the mainstream dialogue.
Oh, wait, I forgot. ACT is already developing a kindergarten assessment for