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...attend a series of meetings at which New SAT items were previewed and debated. An experienced politician--he was elected Governor of West Virginia in 1988 and '92--Caperton knows the old adage about making laws and sausage. Designing tests is also a messy process, and he deserves credit for laying it bare. But while the production of New SAT questions has entailed some expected debates--Is this item too hard? Is that one biased against women?--I saw something quite unexpected as well: Caperton is changing the very nature and purpose...
...Development Committee decided that SAT item writers should feel free to use literary terminology in their questions for the reading section. Words that one would typically use only in a literature class--simile, personification--had always been avoided on the SAT, on the theory that a student should get credit for being able to comprehend the phrase "Youth is wasted on the young" even if he doesn't know to call it a paradox. No more. Although the committee decided that the most arcane lit terms (metonymy, for instance) won't appear on the SAT, terms like simile...
With personal bankruptcies nearing a record high, federal regulators issued a rare joint advisory last week warning the millions of Americans who turn to credit-counseling agencies each year to make sure they are dealing with legitimate nonprofits. The IRS is auditing a number of debt consolidators to see if they are abusing their tax-exempt status. Red flags to look...
...this, you'll promise me that these drugs will be administered with the same high quality that the [National Institutes of Health] would use in America?" I said, "I give you my word." He said, "O.K., I'll do it." I give him all the credit. He was always trying to get back there . . . Now we're just waiting for the South African government to approve their final plan...
...Hearts might have been Jonathan B. Durham ’04’s best draw yet at Harvard—for him and for the nine other members who compose the Ten Man. The other members of the famous, or infamous, Currier Ten Man suite give Durham full credit with their head to head victory against the one other ten-person blocking group in Currier vying for the coveted suite this year. By picking that card, Durham secured the pad for his 8 friends from Currier, and the 6 who joined as transfers from Quincy House...