Word: scoring
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Senior forward Rob Millar scored his secondgoal of the game at 2:09 of the second period toknot the score...
...schools failed to meet suggested accreditation minimums on the new Standards of Learning test, though many educators claim the test was unfair because it was not geared specifically to school curriculums. In Massachusetts, which introduced its exam last spring, more than 80% of fourth-graders got a failing score or a "needs improvement" in English; half of all 10th-graders failed the math portion of the test. Governor Paul Cellucci calls the performance "unacceptable." Maybe so, but it's not surprising, says Harvard lecturer S. Paul Reville. "We were having difficulty reaching lower standards, and now we've raised...
This could be especially true of disadvantaged students, who routinely score much lower on these tests. "If you give me the income tax returns of all the students being tested," says Kitty Kelly Epstein, who teaches education at California's Holy Names College, "I could predict how they would score and save millions of dollars." Well-off New York City parents hire tutors to give their kids a leg up, while poorer students depend on the goodwill of teachers generous enough to tutor them after school...
...warm ovation from fans. Meanwhile, 76% of those polled by the Los Angeles Times said the lockout would not affect whether they watch a game. These are Bill Clinton numbers. Greed, self-indulgence, infidelity. No problem. We live in the age of forgiveness, and by the way: Can you score me two tickets for the sold-out Lakers-Rockets opener...
...Knicks scored the first nine points of the fourth quarter as part of a 13-0 run that began at the end of the third. That opened up a six-point lead as the Bulls didn't score for the first five minutes of the final period...