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Reducing children to a test score is the worst form of identity theft we could commit in schools.

Stephen Covey

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Stephen Covey
Age: 79 †
Born: 1932
Born: October 24
Died: 2012
Died: July 16
Author
Businessperson
Professor
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Stephen Richards Covey
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Reducing
School
Score
Children
Schools
Test
Commit
Tests
Identity
Worst
Theft

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