Word: grading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...heat for at least eight to ten hours; with electrically operated heaters it is possible to save substantially on hot-water bills by rewarming the water during nighttime or the early morning hours when utility companies offer reduced rates for so-called off-peak usage. Several firms manufacture industrial-grade timer clocks for that purpose. The Tork Corp.'s clock retails for $30 to $40 and is easily wired up by a licensed electrician. Sales of such timers have jumped by 300% over the past two years...
...said the University's new make-up examination policy--requiring as asterisk to appear on the student's transcript beside each grade that is based on a make-up exam--may have "dampened students' enthusiasm" for using the make-up exam option...
...October, ETS failed to send out admissions tickets to its popular Law School Admissions Test (LSAT). And as of last week, the service had yet to send out those grade and LSAT score summaries it usually starts mailing in October to American law schools that depend on the reports for evaluating applicants. The delays have slowed admissions work throughout the country...
Robert Hendon, program director at ETS, said both the problems with the LSAT tickets and the grade and score summaries arose because ETS is switching computer systems...
Sociologists have suggested that this kind of competition further traumatizes and stigmatizes victims of the testing process. They have called it "counter-productive to the social aims of progressive educational theory." But sports observers have noted that the competition does provoke some emotional stimulation that could be healthy for grade-obsessed bookworms...