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Endnotes
Woods, J. U.S. Education Secretary Says TN Schools Should Set Bar High. The City Paper. 10 August 2011.
Retrieved from: http://nashvillecitypaper.com/content/city-news/us-education-secretary-says-tn-schools-should-set-bar-high

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Tennessee Department of Education. (2001). Tennessee Releases 2010    011 TCAP Results [Press Release].
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Retrieved from: http://news.tn.gov/node/7451.

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Tennessee dropped from 45 to 46 in the nation in fourth grade math; 39 to 41 in fourth grade
reading; 43 to 45 in eighth grade math; and 34 to 41 in eighth grade reading.

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ACT. (2011). 2011 ACT National and State Scores. Retrieved from: http://www.act.org/newsroom/data/2011/states.html.

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Murray, M. (2012). An Economic Report to the Governor of the State of Tennessee. Univ