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Right after that classic nightmare of having forgotten to study for the exam comes the horrific vision of taking the test only to have the answer sheet lost. Last week in New York City the vision became reality. Portions of 542 New York bar examinations, which for the would-be lawyers who had just taken them were the culmination of years of graduate study, disappeared from the state board of law examiners' offices. The deeply abashed three-member board alerted police and quickly notified the unlucky 542 out of the 6,562 tested. "There is no way to express...
...than 200,000 teachers and school administrators in Texas last week had to swallow a heavy dose of a prescription they have handed out to their pupils for years: a test in language skills. And they did not like it at all, for the results of the two-part exam will determine whether they can go on teaching in the state...
...decision handed down the week before the test date, Travis County District Judge Harley Clark ruled that the test could proceed. The teachers, backed by the National Education Association, the umbrella union for the state association, will appeal to the Texas Supreme Court, which may rule on the exam's validity before the results come out in June...
Using tablet PCs and exam templates, physicians can enter all the data they once wrote out by hand, leaving more quality time to spend with you. Later, you can review your records via your doctor's website
...Wackenhut also provides security at about half the nation's nuclear reactors. "The very company that makes a living guarding nuclear power plants is also testing nuclear power plants' security," says Congressman Markey. "It's like a take-home exam." No one in the industry has forgotten that just before a mock attack against a DOE facility in 2003, Wackenhut "attackers" tipped off Wackenhut guards about the particulars of the drill. Under the new rules, NRC referees are supposed to pay close attention to ensure that Wackenhut's fake attackers aren't holding back when they launch a mock strike...