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ProCon.org is a really cool site that lays out the pros and cons of tons of issues. It's great for any kind of discussion, and the standardized testing page doesn't disappoint.

ProCon.org is a really cool site that lays out the pros and cons of tons of issues. It's great for any kind of discussion, and the standardized testing page doesn't disappoint.

Why Don't Students Like School? Chapter 2

"The researchers calculated how much of the variation in MCAS scores was due to the school that students attended. For MCAS scores in English, schools accounted for 24 percent of the variation, and they accounted for 34 percent of the math MCAS variation. However, the schools accounted for very little of the variation in fluid cognitive skills - less than 3 percent for all three skills combined."

This is another study that shows the impact that marijuana can have on memory, especially in adolescence. It is important to note that studies that abide by ethical and legal constraints do not conduct these sort of tests on human subjects, rather they use mice.