The tiny Belridge school district in McKittrick, Calif., seemed to have everything going for it. Classes were small, parent involvement was high, and equipment was state of the art. The school boasted its own low-powered television station (students broadcast a twice-weekly news show), and it was the only district in the state to provide every student with two Apple IIgs computers, one for school and one for home. Its innovative education program, which reshaped the curriculum to make use of computers in all subject areas, was featured on national TV and in Apple's promotional literature.
Then the annual standardized-test scores came...
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