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...with a commodity-fueled economic boom. Its cricket prowess was helped by an apparently endless seam of talent: brilliant batsmen, fast bowlers and a spin bowler, Shane Warne, who managed to do things with a cricket ball that nobody had imagined for decades. But Warnie is retired from test cricket, his pudgy frame and perpetually highlighted hair now to be found in the TV commentary box. In the first two tests of this southern summer, Australia's aging warhorses and green youngsters were outplayed by a South African team that was hungrier and smarter...
...College Board has introduced a new policy that will allow students to choose which SAT Reasoning test scores they submit to colleges. The policy, Score Choice, will take effect in March, and so will be operational when current high school juniors apply to college next year...
...think there are people who might end up doing better on the test if they realize this won’t part of their permanent record,” Fitzsimmons said in an interview on Monday. “I think the whole idea is this policy lets students step back a little...and own their own scores. They took the test and went through the process...and ultimately they should make the decision about whether or not to send the scores to the colleges...
Furda said that he is not convinced that allowing students to choose one score to submit from multiple sittings will reduce stress associated with the test...
...going to be less stressed taking this test five times and only sending it once? I don’t know,” Furda said. “We are going to ask students to submit their entire testing history. We feel this is in students’ best interests. Having more information in this highly selective process is much better than having less data...