Wikipedia Blamed For Declining Test Scores


	Wikipedia Blamed For Declining Test Scores

merrie

7-4-2008 6:48 AM

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wikipedia, inaccuracies, false information, vermont college, outlawed

merrie says:

The group singled out online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which allows entries to be logged or updated by anyone and is not verified by researchers, as the main source of information. . . .

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