<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'> Hi...<div><br></div><div>Children are under a lot of stress in a testing situation. We also have a bad history of cultural bias on standardized tests here in EEUU. Anything that they can do to make a testing less stressful and less biased seems like a good idea. I see no problem with getting the test makers to clean up their act.</div><div><br></div><div>Caryl<br><br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: alanjas@hotmail.com<br>To: iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org<br>Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 04:14:59 +0000<br>Subject: [IAEP] Forbidden words<br><br> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SafeHTML"> <style> .ExternalClass .ecxhmmessage P {padding:0px;} .ExternalClass body.ecxhmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;} </style> <div dir="ltr"> <div><br></div><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>I just read this news and perplexes me. Is it true?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/26/war-on-words-nyc-dept-of-education-wants-50-forbidden-words-removed-from-standardized-tests/" target="_blank">http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/26/war-on-words-nyc-dept-of-education-wants-50-forbidden-words-removed-from-standardized-tests/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Regards!</div><div><br></div><div>Alan</div> </div> <br>_______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</div></div> </div></body> </html>