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    <subTitle>how testing and choice are undermining education</subTitle>
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  <tableOfContents>What I learned about school reform -- Hijacked!: how the standards movement turned into the testing movement -- The transformation of district 2 -- Lessons from San Diego -- The business model in New York City -- NCLB: measure and punish -- Choice: the story of an idea -- The trouble with accountability -- What would Mrs. Ratliff do? -- The billionaire boys' club -- Lessons learned.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Diane Ravitch.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-271) and index.</note>
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