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#	Article	Article Summary
1	Evaluating national standardized tests: Are they necessary?	Bruce Rogers reports that standardized tests are not being used to improve students' scores, rather they are used to compare against other states.
2	Giving minority students exposure to a college music education	Darryl Taylor says Minority High School Visitation Day gives students the confidence they need to know they can succeed at the college level.
3	Multiple pressures affecting the Mideast peace process	Steven Lobell will discuss the effect of multiple agendas on the peace process in the Mideast.
4	Testing eighth graders for math skills	Paul Trafton states that to raise math skills, we must teach more on how to reason than using rules.
5	Testing third graders for reading ability	Dale Johnson says that instead of another aptitude test, we should focus our resources on improving students' reading abilities.