School’s Plan to Boost Test Scores: Feed Kids Placebos

A Florida elementary school wants its students to perform better on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test … so it’s feeding them “placebos.” Hagen Road Elementary students will be given an “FCAT PowerBar”—aka an apple-flavored cereal bar with a label reading, “Warning: Improves Writing Power!”—before testing this week, and…

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School’s Plan to Boost Test Scores: Feed Kids Placebos

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