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...challenge is to match up hospital capability and EMT capability with patient needs,” says Brad Prenney, deputy director of the Bureau of Health Quality Management. “The current law is in place because EMTs are trained to assess, not diagnose patients. There’s considerable variation in emergency situations, and a seemingly benign situation could have serious underlying causes...

Author: By Arianne R. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: UHS Works To Change Ambulance Policies | 5/16/2001 | See Source »

...candlelight vigil began just after 8 p.m. as Amy C. Offner ’01 spoke about the terms of the settlement which ended the 21 day sit-in on May 8. The agreement included a new committee to assess Harvard’s employment policies, a freeze on outsourcing and an early reopening of contract negotiations with the main custodial union...

Author: By Ross A. Macdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PSLM Gathers to Commemorate Sit-In | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...Steffany LaBree. A U.S. history teacher doesn't assign research papers because they don't help him prepare students for state-mandated tests. The town's educators say they don't oppose accountability. Many of them prefer the method adopted by states such as Vermont, in which independent reviewers assess portfolios of student work. Many educators also oppose harsh consequences for schools that fail to meet state targets. But Mike Ward, state superintendent of public instruction, responds that "without consequences, there aren't assurances that the curriculum has been delivered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Feeling Crushed By Tests At Age 11 | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...article does not provide enough information for readers to assess the possibility that the difference was due to random sampling because it does not tell us how many people responded to the items being compared. Nor does it tell us whether the comparison is based on identical surveys, administered through identical designs. Thus, we cannot tell whether the differences reflect question wording or question ordering or survey administration effects or real change...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 5/4/2001 | See Source »

...rapid fading. But more so, it means a season for our own internal reflections, which comes easy during long afternoons idling on entryway stoops or lying comfortably in the shadow of a tree. Spring presents a chance to reflect on choices made and paths taken, to assess the past year, and, for those of us who are graduating, to discern the future...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: On Spring | 5/3/2001 | See Source »

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