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This Article May Be Illegal -- Lifting the Veil of Silence on Standardized Testing

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Blogger-teacher Steven M. Singer here reveals the veil of secrecy that testing corporations drape around their product. He writes: He writes:
Warning! What you are about to read may be a criminal act. I may have broken the law by putting this information out there.Snowden leaked data about civilian surveillance. Chelsea Manning released top secret military documents.And me? I'm leaking legal threats and intimidation students and teachers are subject to during standardized testing.
Not exactly a federal crime is it?
No. I'm asking. Is it? Because teachers are being fired and jailed. Students are being threatened with litigation. All because they talked about standardized tests...Did I violate these rules by writing this very article? Is the piece you are reading right now illegal?
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