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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.
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