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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary information extracted from the financial
statements for National Computer Systems, Inc. and Subsidiaries, for
the fiscal year ending February 3, 2001, and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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