Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...student taking a GRE computer-based test (CBT) is initially given an "average level question," according to Johnson. The testing program responds to a correct answer by raising the student's score and offering a higher question next. An incorrect answer results in a lowered score and an easier follow-up question...
This process continues until the computer determines a level at which the test-taker consistently scores correctly on 50 percent of the questions...
Massachusetts has recognized the need for teacher testing and now holds its schools to a statewide standard. Unfortunately, the secrecy surrounding the methodology of the teacher test and teacher-bashing by high-level state officers has prevented a successful standardization process. For this reason, a thoroughly researched and well-publicized national standard--which incorporates the views of parents, students and teacher unions--would be preferable to the current system...
...numbers on abortion are most troublesome on an immediate level, for as popular opinion begins to turn away from the principle of allowing women free and legal access to abortion without restriction, the easier it will be for conservatives in Congress to push legislation putting ever-tighter regulations on the procedure...
...training and class-size reduction initiatives from his fiscal 2000 budget request, are most significant because they place greater emphasis on school accountability. Under the plan, first unveiled in last month's State of the Union Address, school districts would receive federal funding only if they meet a certain level of minimum standards...