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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Also can't say with any specificity whatsoever how exactly the standards are bad. It's just "they are bad" and "we know this" but no direct evidence to provide any basis for how it's "known" - no studies or analyses, no data, let alone any specific standard being cited, no correlation, no causality, we are all just supposed to take it on "faith" that the standards are bad. 
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This has become a political issue because the writers and promoters of the standards were not careful enough to prevent it from becoming one.  Whether the standards are "bad" or "good" is not even the issue anymore.  It's about who is running the schools and for what purpose.  It's about who is becoming the doormat and who thinks they "know best".  The whole thing has become way bigger than "data".  The whole thing is toxic now.  Obama would do well to act the populist and not to veto the NCLB testing mandate changes.  The people have spoken and it's pretty loud and clear.  Those who don't accept it do so at their own political peril (of course he has no political future, but some Democrats do).  He would honestly do well to let NCLB change and then go for immigration reform.  Immigration reform is much more important and he needs to show that he's willing to work with Congress right now (no more executive orders that are not popularly supported).  [/quote]

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