1.0 link 60384 <![CDATA[Solving the Middle School Mystery]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-brown/solving-the-middle-school_b_60384.html Why do standardized test scores drop -- sharply, in many cases -- when students hit middle school?

Today, The New York Times reported on NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's answer to the $64,000 question of education:


"Generally speaking, those in elementary school do what you tell them to do. And I think it's also true by the time they get to high school, they don't. It's in those middle years where they transfer from one to another."

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