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...three biggest school-textbook publishers) develop nearly all K-12 tests, and there is a severe shortage of psychometricians--specialists trained in educational measurement and test design. 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...
...True, it doesn't offer all the expansion options of the bigger handhelds, such as games, e-books and MP3 players. And I wish it had a backlit screen to make reading its small type easier in the dark. But overall, Rex does a great job delivering all your basic organizer needs plus daily news nuggets. I'm sold...
...About Ballroom Dancing (see website www.outdancing.com) says this is one of the aspects of ballroom that is so special: "When you are dancing socially, you are nice to your partner all the time." In some dance schools, students also learn telephone, dating and interviewing skills, as well as basic manners. There's even a charm class at M.I.T. that includes ballroom dancing, intended for students whose brilliance may not always compensate for their awkward ways once they're out in the real world...
...bully, for example. Nurses are in a position to notice those things." Krapac and her staff perform many tasks school nurses would never have considered their responsibility just five years ago--haggling with health insurers, counseling kids with mental illness, transporting children to dental appointments and even teaching them basic skills like hand washing...
...several thousand students, sometimes spread throughout as many as 10 buildings. That kind of work load is typical in Illinois, where the state school-nursing association lobbied unsuccessfully for tobacco-settlement money to go toward hiring nurses. In such cases schools rely on lunchroom supervisors and secretarial staff for basic first aid and call 911 for anything more complicated, says Phyllis Pelt, director of the school-nurse certification program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. "Something as simple as a ring being stuck on a child's finger and it getting swollen--schools will call 911 for that...