Word: imperfectly
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...accusing their attackers of killing the bearer of bad news. When consumer advocates marshalled statistics to show that SAT scores are closely linked with family income, the testers came right back with evidence that family income corresponds just as closely to a host of other academic indicators. In an imperfect society, they argued and argue, the poor simply are unlikely to receive as good an education as the rich. The SAT only illustrates that fact...
tenderly by some of Reagan's supporters and even a few of his adversaries. It is that he has also escaped his obsession with being consistent. Reagan believes inconsistency discredited Jimmy Carter. That bit of history has some truth, but, as always, one bit is an imperfect guide for other times. Carter was perceived to change positions not for the nation's good but for his personal political fortunes. If Ronald Reagan understood what he said...
...father off on the job? They cannot, as Virginia Woolf observed, "run about the streets." The options are limited, and so far imperfect. These days, what Woolf called "that deepseated [male role] desire, not so much that she shall be inferior as that he shall be superior" may have moderated into an awareness that a different equation is wanted. Finding and holding the balance, however, requires some acrobatic skill. It also demands flexibility and a good deal of resilience...
Using standardized tests as an equalizer--albeit an imperfect one--has spurred discussion of an even broader issue: whether any standardized test. SAT or Achievement, actually can illuminate a student's basic abilities. Many have charged that high scorers on any such test are likely to be well-off and to have attended better high schools. Whitla, however, dismisses the notion that there exist "bright and noble savages"--students who could succeed here academically in spite of preparation so poor that they could not do well on Achievements...
...sure, this opinion poll, like any other, is an imperfect reflection of human attitudes. Gill estimates that an error of 4% to 5% is normal in a survey of this size. But as a bit of pioneering research into the thinking of a people who so rarely have a chance to speak for themselves, the PORI poll offers some useful and unsettling insights. -By William E. Smith. Reported by David Aikman/Jerusalem