Study: FCAT more a measure of wealth than performance
By William M. Hartnett on Dec 16, 2001 in CAR, projects, work
This project was done almost entirely on night and weekends, sometimes until well past midnight, while my colleague Kathleen Chapman and I were both beat reporters in The Palm Beach Post’s Martin County bureau. We were flying so far under our editors’ radar back in those days that I was forced to cough up my own money to buy a needed software package. Never got reimbursed.
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Main story: Study: FCAT more a measure of wealth than performance
Sidebar: Analysis measures score-wealth relationship
Sidebar: Humble roots and a thirst for learning
Sidebar: Talent, expectations push school to top
RECOGNITION FOR ‘FCAT ANALYSIS’
Winner, news feature of issue package, National Awards for Education Reporting
