Educational Testing & Examinations

Johnson & Johnson announces definitive agreement to acquire Mentor Corporation

CAPS enhances safety for patients, adds easy-to-read labeling, standardized O.R. color-coding Central Admixture Pharmacy Services Inc. (CAPS), a B. Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun) Company, announced today that it will introduce a...

F-Gas courses ready to roll

AFTER a series of delays, F-Gas training and assessment courses are now coming on-stream from training establishments across the country. The new mandatory certificates of competence, required under EC Regulation 842/2006,...

Was Larry Summers Right About 'Intrinsic Aptitude'?

Wednesday, December 3, 2008; Page A17 Was Larry Summers right about women and science, after all? In fact, Summers himself said in his infamous comments about intrinsic differences between the genders, "I would like nothing...

Is teen cheating, shoplifting on the rise?

By Julie Muhlstein, Herald Columnist As headlines go, here's an attention-grabber: "High schoolers lie, cheat, but say they're good." Linda Johannes, vice president and general manager of the Everett Mall, said it's...

OPINION: The Perversion Of Education

Education was once reserved for the elite­ -- those who could afford private preparatory schools or private tutors. Power was preserved in the hands of the wealthy. Our class system could continue with little opposition or...

Writing test scores get better

Writing test scores get better Middle Georgia high school students are writing a lot more in class, and test scores show that it’s paying off. Many school systems across the midstate, including Bibb, Houston, Monroe, Twiggs and...

State's kids struggle to get fit without school gyms

Brittany Kieng, 8, works an exercise ball Monday at C.B. Wire Elementary School. Only about a third of California students met standards on annual fitness tests last school year. In elementary schools, the lack of an indoor...

Letters to the Editor Dec. 3

Budget crisis endangering education Editor: Public education in Nevada is facing grave risk. Here at home, Douglas County School Superintendent Carol Lark is taking drastic measures to “cut extras” and see our local schools...

Going for the Rhodes? Get an early swab test

This business of programming kids for "success," before they've even been detached from breast or bottle is fairly absurd. What? If little Johnny Silverspoon doesn't make it into Miss Highpower's kindergarten class, he may not...

Exam week woes

Skylar Eble sits alone in a corner of the Tiger Den at a table littered with books, notes and pens. She's studying for finals. But she's not worried. Eble, a sophomore majoring in social work, is a reformed procrastinator who...

               

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