Demon and Tests Terrorize Teens

Whittaker Magnet School boasts the highest standardized-test scores in the nation, but at what price?

When George and Kate transfer to the school, located in the basement of the town library in King's County, Pa., they encounter a curriculum focused on beating standardized tests, students who are force-fed noxious protein shakes to improve their performance, and classes held in dreary, windowless rooms by teachers who are referred to only by subject and grade level. Classes consist mostly of completing the test-prep...

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