Word: knowing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When The Times was scheduled to run Berke's story saying President Clinton thought Gore's campaign needed improvement--attributed to anonymous sources--Berke called the White House to let them know about the piece in advance. He told the official he spoke with that if the President was concerned about the story, he should call The Times...
...cannot be completely abandoned. However, the prevailing notion of standardized tests as "the goal"--inciting unhealthy stratification and competition--conflicts with their utility as simple diagnostic tools. In fact, many of the items students are tested on are based on an arbitrary standard of what we think students "should" know...
...know whether Harvard or Johns Hopkins is the better choice," she said. "And I don't think it's a very interesting question...
...make or break the situation yourself," he said. "I tell my kids it's what you do and what you know, not where you go that counts...
Administrators don't know if students are actually working less...