Jun 18, 2007
When a school district or state contracts to have its students take a standardized test, they also purchase rights to the scores of a “comparison group,” and test vendors are competing in part on just how low a comparison group they can offer.
John Cannell ahead of his time in uncovering an example of Freakonomics. Via Peter Norvig.

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