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...January—said that “you don’t want to rush something that’s so important.” Walser lauded Fowler-Finn’s successful initiatives, such as “bench-marking” as a way to assess progress in schools. “Instead of just judging the schools from the test scores, this is more holistic and takes into account multiple measures,” she said, referring to the additional factors that include graduation rate and student discipline levels. School Committee member Patricia M. Nolan...
...have a clue. I really don't. I don't think you can ever assess your work. I don't think Turgenev could assess his any more than I can assess mine, and his didn't have a social impact as much as great literary impact. I mean, people come up and tell me "the book changed my life," but I don't know...
Researchers looked at patient measurements typically used to assess heart disease risk: age, systolic blood pressure, smoking status, total cholesterol, diabetes status and any hypertension treatment. They found that they could substitute body mass index (or BMI, a ratio of height to weight), a noninvasive measure, for the lab-based blood test for cholesterol and still accurately predict patients' five-year cardiovascular disease risk...
...notable since likely letter recipients are seen as particularly appealing candidates, who are even more apt than other applicants to be weighing Harvard’s offer against others.In the battle for top applicants, colleges will have to wait until students decide where they are going before they can assess the effect of changes in recruiting tactics such as likely letters.Link, for one, says that she still hasn’t come to a final decision. When she heard from Harvard, she had already been accepted to Yale through its early action program.But her uncertainty did not take away from...
...said. "This campaign is not over. Not by a long shot." As the television cameras moved away, Governor Strickland ruminated on the weather, then struck a more somber tone. "It's going to be a very close election," he said. "If she loses Ohio, she'll have to re-assess. I'm just trying to postpone such thoughts until we see what happens tonight...