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Paraphrase Version #1

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"America today has veered too far in the direction of formal testing without adequate consideration of the costs and limitations of an exclusive emphasis on that approach" (Gardner, 2006, p. 179).

Paraphrase Version #1:

America has now gone too far toward formal testing, without realizing the costs and limitations of exclusively emphasizing that approach (Gardner, 2006).

Comments:

Although the source is cited, the paraphrasing retains too much of the original wording and sentence structure.

 

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