Word: exam
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...College Board didn't respond to the incident with a profound apology, or even an indifferent "oops." In fact, this was neither a freak accident, nor a bureaucratic blunder. "It was not a slip-up," asserted Ray Nicosia of ETS. Defending the practice of reusing old exams, he said that ETS has been repeating versions of the SAT for "a great many years." Janice Gams of the College Board, adding to the don't-worry-we-know-what-we're-doing defense, suggested that when students have no knowledge that the exam will be repeated, "seeing the test form...
...This year's Chemistry 17 class is a lively, good class. They are all trying very hard," Wintner said. "I am pleased with the results of their first hourly exam...
...most of us know, Harvard defines tradition. When the clock strikes 12 on the eve of the first day of exam period, we expect to hear screams. When the snow falls for the first time each winter, we expect to see students sliding down the steps of Widener on dining hall trays. And with the coming of each football season, we look forward to the Harvard-Yale game...
...Students are misled by desk attendants who check for certain errors on the form such as conflicting exam schedules but not other errors such as failure to fill in bubbles...
Second, Mr. Hayashi repeats the standard Kaplan claim that they have "every released LSAT...with explanations." In reality, they don't. At least as of two weeks ago, they lacked Prep Test XVIII, the December 1992 exam, which was not disclosed until this year. Test Well/LSAT 180 is (to my knowledge) the only test training firm serving Harvard with all the real LSATs available for students...