At 01:29 PM 9/16/2007, Paul E. Doniger wrote: >DD is right to suggest that there are some students who will >probably not pass (or, better, will "not perform to the norm"), but >the suggestion to read the book "The Bell Curve" is a bit >troublesome. That book is a truly political piece of writing >designed to suggest that public education is a failure; it employs >falacious logic and manipulates statistics with an anti public school agenda. DD: I read, "The Bell Curve," again and again. I see no political emphasis. The things presented are backed up with good references. It does not suggest that public education is a failure, at all. The statistics are presented for all to see, and make their interpretations. The fallacious logic, I would like to hear about. I saw no manipulation of the data. I am a psychometrician. Hard to put funny stats over on me. It presents no pro/anti public school agenda, at all. "Just the Facts, Mam." If you, the reader, think it indicates failure in the public schools, so be it. I think it indicates that the higher IQ's do better, regardless of the teaching technique. To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/