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This project was done almost entirely on night and weekends, sometimes until well past midnight, while my colleague William M. Hartnett and I were both beat reporters in The Palm Beach Post’s Martin County bureau. STORY LINKS Main story: Study: FCAT more a measure of wealth than performance Sidebar: Analysis measures score-wealth relationship Sidebar: Humble [...]