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Windber educators approve of new exams
Daily American Staff WriterWindber high school educators see an opportunity to improve the district's college admissions with the state turning the page on standardized assessments. Starting next year, high school students will be required to take the Keystone Exams in lieu...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Mathematics, Science and Technology, Students, Teachers
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Special Report: Class struggle - How charter schools get students they want
ReutersGetting in can be grueling. Students may be asked to submit a 15-page typed research paper, an original short story, or a handwritten essay on the historical figure they would most like to meet. There are interviews. Exams. And pages of questions for...Tags: Rutgers University, Washington, DC, Illegal Immigrants, Pingree Grove, Labor Legislation
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Pitt-Johnstown Offering SAT REVIEW
Registrations are being accepted for the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown’s SAT Super Series, an academic review for the Scholastic Aptitude Test. The SAT Super Series helps remove the mystery behind the SAT exam and better prepares students...Tags: Mathematics, Science and Technology, University of Pittsburgh, Education, Teaching and Learning
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Teenlink's Florida college guide
Sponsored Listings Barry University Miami Shores www.barry.edu Acceptance rate: 58.9 percent Undergraduate enrollment: 4,940 Top majors: Biology, Elementary Education, Nursing, Sports Management Tuition & fees: $28,160 Specific...Tags: University of Miami, Orlando, Nova Southeastern University, Miramar, Stetson University
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Prepping for college: A grade by grade guide
FRESHMEN Develop good study skills and use a student planner to keep track of assignments, tests, and your schedule. Get involved -- checkout clubs, music, art, sports, JROTC, and other extracurricular activities. If you want to attend a military...Tags: Interior Policy, Politics, Education, Teaching and Learning, Personal Data Collection
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L.A. Unified, teachers union agree on teachers evaluations
L.A. NOWAfter months of tense negotiations, the Los Angeles Unified School District and its teachers union have tentatively agreed to use student test scores to evaluate instructors for the first time ever, officials announced Friday.... -
Shanksville students' SAT scores among top 10 percent in the state
Daily American Staff WriterShanksville-Stonycreek High School students were the highest ranked for average 2012 SAT scores in Somerset County. The 17 Shanksville students who took the college entrance exams scored on average 520 in the verbal portion of the test, 549 in...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Politics, Executive Branch, Science and Technology
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Ivy League test scores, for those who can afford them
Americans think we live in a meritocracy where hard work can take you from rags to riches. Access to a great education can be an escape from the cyclical poverty found in Baltimore and other major cites. Attending an elite university is particularly...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Columbia University, Racism, Baltimore School for the Arts, Students
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Standardized tests have their uses in college admissions
Op-ed contributor Carlene Buccino's argument against the objectivity of SAT scores is compelling but flawed ("The best test scores money can buy," Dec. 13). There is a robust literature that supports the use of SAT scores in the admissions process....Tags: Colleges and Universities, Minority Groups, Education, Arts and Culture, Students
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Florida's new formula for rating teachers makes Einstein's theory look simple
How can teacher greatness be measured? In Florida, by a formula that makes Einstein's Theory of Relativity look like child's play. "It looks like hieroglyphics," said Debra Wilhelm, president of the Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association....
Tags: Politics, Teaching and Learning, Jeb Bush, Elections, Academic Progress
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Test scores show how west DuPage schools rank
Every spring, students in certain grades throughout Illinois take standardized tests to determine how many "meet or exceed" academic standards. For students in grades three through eight, that test is the Illinois Standard Achievement Test, or the ISAT....
Tags: Human Interest, Schools, High Schools, Education, Students
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A new way to rate L.A. Unified's teachers
What kind of process for evaluating teachers can possibly be devised by a determinedly reform-minded administration, a stubborn union and plaintiffs in a hostile lawsuit? As it turns out, a better kind than they've had up to now. A tentative agreement...
Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Los Angeles Unified School District, Academic Progress, Teachers, Students
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