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FRONTLINE Program -- Testing Our Schools
Airdate: March 28, 2002

PRODUCED AND EDITED BY
John D. Tulenko

CORRESPONDENT
John Merrow

SENIOR PRODUCER
Sharon Tiller

STORY EDITOR
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IN VIRGINIA
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Janet Binns, Henrico County Schools
Karen Dorgan, Mary Baldwin College
Mike Bedwell, Principal, Spotsylvania High School

IN MASSACHUSETTS
Jonathan Palumbo, Massachusetts Dept. of Education
Mary Grassa O'Neill, Superintendent, Milton Schools
Anne Wheelock

IN IOWA
Patti Verlinga, Drake University
Kathy Paarde-Kooper, Drake University

IN CALIFORNIA
California Dept of Education
Anthony Cody
Ruth Ann McKenna, Supt, New Haven Unified School District
Gerald Wolfe, Frick Middle School

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David Berliner, Arizona State University
Meredith May, San Francisco Chronicle

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