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...Only 16 tests were underscored 200 points or more; 95% of the scores were 10 to 90 points too low. Those will be fixed, but the 600 scores that were too high won't be adjusted. "The SAT has been around since 1926," notes the College Board's Chiara Coletti. "In that time there hasn't ever been an error of this kind...
College Board vice president Chiara Coletti says the board has received "far more positive than negative" responses to the new test. But she adds that most people are just beginning to understand what will appear on it. Once they do, a much richer, knottier conversation about the New SAT will probably begin. For decades, the purpose of the test has been to try to measure students' general-reasoning abilities, not their specific knowledge of algebra or the extent to which they have written practice essays. Caperton's feat is actually twofold: not only has he begun to shape...
...independent release--and in April MTV taped a Dashboard Confessional Unplugged, the first time the network has unlocked the gates of its signature music show for a non-platinum-selling act. "Obviously, we think this kind of music has a really big future," says Unplugged producer Alex Coletti...
...budget beginnings in 1989 with a concert featuring the band Squeeze, Syd Straw, Elliot Easton and Jules Shear. The aim then was high concept, not high ratings: a return to unvarnished, straight-from-the-artist rock after years of high-voltage, high-volume entertainment. Says Unplugged producer Alex Coletti: "There were no tricks, no effects. It was a whole reaction to the '80s and the [disgraced lip-synching pop duo] Milli Vanilli mentality. We wanted Unplugged to be as straightforward as possible...
...Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige, the acts invited to come on the show have been white rock 'n' rollers. A few months ago, the New York City-based Black Rock Coalition held its own nontelevised "unplugged" in New York City to showcase minority talent ignored by MTV. Coletti defends his show's record and argues that rhythm-driven genres such as rap, R. and B. and reggae are often better suited for dance floors than for an acoustic showcase. "It's kind of hard, but not everyone is right for the show," he says. MTV officials point out that...