document.write('<a id="a151641"></a><p class="dateStamp">Posted at  5:30 AM ET, 11/27/2009</p><div class="ten_spacer"></div><h3><a href="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/class-struggle/2009/11/crushing_a_plot_to_inflate_adv.html">Should we inflate Advanced Placement grades?</a></h3>')
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