Language Police flunk teachers from Estonia to Arizona (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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>
> If it was Massachusetts, the circumstances indeed would be quite
> different. There is a test that Massachusetts euphemistically calls
> "basic literacy"--or, at least, they called it once upon a time. The
> test was a brain-child of John Silber long before the national
> campaign to test the life out of teachers and students alike. There
> was a period when teachers could gain a provisional license to teach
> even though they failed the "basic literacy" test, but, at this point,
> state has been disapproving of these for some time and not renewing
> them. Teachers who used to have provisional licenses but could not get
> them renewed and could not pass the test would be out of a job. It is
> not limited to single teacher, although there is no way to find a
> precise number of casualties.
>
> VS-)
>

"Casualties", I suppose, being the students of the illiterate teachers?
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