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Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2004
Graphs don't always show what the graphers say they do. The most notorious recent example of a misleading graph is the one produced by the U.S. Department of Education that plots National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading scores against total federal spending on education. This graph was taken apart by Howard Wainer and Daniel…
Descriptors: Graphs, Educational Finance, National Competency Tests, Expenditures
