Word: placement
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last spring. They went to 80 high school seniors on the basis of high scores on examinations taken last June to test their ability to handle upper-level work. These tests, called "Advanced Achievement Exams," were given to nearly a 1,000 students in 18 schools experimenting with advanced placement...
Whether these 80 now actually apply for advance placement, and are accepted, depends on their personal preference and the approval of the Department Chairmen. Hanson, who is a former teaching fellow in German, expects to have this information by the middle of October, when final study cards have been filed and course lists completed...
...weather. The fun turned out to be slightly repetitious. On his opening show Paar observed: "I went to Phila delphia once on a Sunday, but it was closed." The same joke turned up again on Friday. Paar's idea of early morning games included complaints about the placement of cameras and pretending to misunderstand the off-screen signals of his technical staff. After the first go-around The Morning Show's co-Producer David Heilweil commented: "At least, Ernie Kovacs rehearses his confusion; Paar just creates...
...Educational Policy Committee's new plan for a wide system of advanced standing and placement continues this tradition. The proposals fall only where they tend to make education a three-year process by providing for the admission of certain students as sophomores...
...periodic health inventory of employees is an absolute essential, to Dr. Page's way of thinking. It begins before placement in a job and should go far beyond the usual perfunctory pre-employment checkup. It should be followed at regular intervals by a comprehensive survey of the worker's sociological position, emotional factors, his reaction to stress and strain, the character of his home life