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This is only a test

by Bob Jones

Cover Story | But conservatives on Capitol Hill consider President Clinton's national testing plan an actual emergency-reasoning that federal standards will lead to federal curriculum as teachers are forced to "teach the test." As the public education crisis grows, reformers are frustrated that they must expend energy to fight rear-guard actions to nip in the bud a de facto federal takeover of local schools.

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/09/this_is_only_a_test]

In this issue: "Federal Testing," Sept. 13, 1997

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Tibet or not Tibet?

by Mindy Belz

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[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/09/tibet_or_not_tibet]

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Spoiling a country

by Les Sillars

International |  Canadian rod-sparers press their cause in the courts

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Pro-choice on change?

by Cal Thomas

National |  Condemnation of therapy for gays ignores patients' wishes

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A discordant note

by Roy Maynard

National |  Lawsuit asks: Are all taxpayers entitled to use public schools?

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Judgment day nears

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[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/09/judgment_day_nears]

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This Week

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by Doug Bandow

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[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/09/beltway_books_of_pols_and_statesmen]

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by George Grant

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by Chris Stamper

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[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/09/film_a_tale_of_two_rambos]

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Sin and death Despite the claims of B. B. Warfield, a theologian I hold in high esteem, the question of the antiquity of man is of great theological concern…

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[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/09/fruit_or_firewood]

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[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/09/disciplines_for_the_prosperous]

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Welfare reformation

by Marvin Olasky

The same choice is before us: Bread and circuses, or Bible and work?

[http://www.worldmag.com/1997/09/welfare_reformation]

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