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More Reasons Why We Need Value-Added Assessment
By: Lance T. Izumi, J.D.
8.25.2004

SACRAMENTO, CA - Two recent events underscore the importance of improving the way we measure student achievement. The first was a front-page New York Times story that cited an American Federation of Teachers (AFT) study that said that charter school students often performed worse than comparable students
in regular public schools. The second was the release of California's 2004 student test scores.
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Compared to What? California and Jimmy Carter
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
8.25.2004

 SACRAMENTO, CA - California is a state with the size, population, and economic clout of a country. Californians have had to put up with a lot of bad government, but it still pays to ask the vital question of "compared to what?" Jimmy Carter, for instance.
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Climate Panic, Chapter 12,395
By: Steven F. Hayward, Ph.D
8.23.2004

CAMBRIA, CA - Around the PRI hallways and water cooler, we like to say that the environment is much too important to be left to the environmentalists - they'll only screw it up. Fresh evidence of this problem is found in Tuesday's New York Times, which carried a story headlined, "New Study Finds Climate Shift Threatens California."

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California Judge Sends Wrong Message on Terrorism
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
8.11.2004

SACRAMENTO, CA - SACRAMENTO - California has not exactly been the prime target for terrorists but that process could be speeded up with help from a judge who is sending the wrong message on a case of domestic terrorism.

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Why the Spin Sisters Swoon for the Federal Fabio
By: Sally C. Pipes
8.5.2004

Those of us who take public exception to the offensives of militant feminism can easily feel isolated. Now we have some new and welcome company in Myrna Blyth, author of Spin Sisters: How the Women of the Media Sell Unhappiness and Liberalism to the Women of America.

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State Greed Has Consequences
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley
8.4.2004

SACRAMENTO, CA - Everyone knows California is a high-tax state. But most residents and visitors alike remain unaware of the ways in which the state extracts its pound of flesh.
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Assembly Labor and Employment Committee Receives California
California Golden Fleece Award
By: K. Lloyd Billingsley, Lawrence J. McQuillan, Ph.D
8.1.2004

The California Legislature has rejected a chance to save California taxpayers and their cash-strapped state more than $200 million. Unlike previous backroom deals that resulted in waste, this one took place in full view.
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Impact - August 2004
PRI Impact
8.1.2004

August 2004 PRI Ideas in Action
Policy Update and Monthly Impact Report
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