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...softball in high school, she excelled—garnering just about every possible accolade a prep school player could achieve. She was named Rookie of the Year her freshman season, MVP her sophomore year and finally team captain her senior spring, leading her squad to an undefeated record and NCS division title...
...results to use in evaluating students' and schools' performances. At the same time, the companies have been plagued by a lack of qualified staff. These factors have contributed to a concerning number of errors in the industry, as a series in The New York Times recently documented. Last May, NCS Pearson testing gave 47,000 Minnesotan students lower scores than they deserved. CTB/McGraw-Hill, a rival company, has not fared any better; last September, almost a quarter of New York City students forced to take summer school after receiving low scores on their exams learned that the tests had been...
...Last spring National Computer Systems (later purchased by textbook giant Pearson for $2.5 billion) mistakenly failed 7,930 Minnesota students on a basic-skills math test. Yet when Minnesota awarded its latest $3.4 million contract to develop new tests for middle and high schools, the state again turned to NCS Pearson. "I couldn't find a company with the accuracy rate that I think is high enough for high-stakes testing," complains Minnesota education commissioner Christine Jax. "There's not a lot of choice for something as critical as this...
...Last spring National Computer Systems (later purchased by textbook giant Pearson for $2.5 billion) mistakenly failed 7,930 Minnesota students on a basic-skills math test. Yet when Minnesota awarded its latest $3.4 million contract to develop new tests for middle and high schools, the state again turned to NCS Pearson. "I couldn't find a company with the accuracy rate that I think is high enough for high-stakes testing," complains Minnesota education commissioner Christine Jax. "There's not a lot of choice for something as critical as this...
According to Ellison, the relatively inexpensive and easy-to-use NC presents a viable alternative to the personal computer. Without built-in hard drives, NCs will offer word processing and research functions through network access coordinated on a remote server...