Word: extras
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Democratic Convention speech, Gore tried breaking the tax cuts into the kind of currency all Americans can understand: diet soda. He warned that Bush's costly plan would deliver little to most Americans. The "average family," he said, would wind up with only enough additional money to buy an extra Diet Coke a week...
...Gore misspoke, as Bush's people were quick to point out. He meant to say that each family could buy an extra Diet Coke per day. And even that was slightly off, according to the group that crunched the numbers Gore used, the nonprofit Citizens for Tax Justice. The Diet Coke-a-day number actually applies to the bottom 60% of U.S. taxpayers. But many of those taxpayers don't pay any taxes at all, which skews the numbers in Gore's favor...
...More worrisome to educators are the many students who fail the current exam. Despite a B average, it took Amber Montgomery 13 tries - and four extra years of tutoring - before she finally passed the math portion of the achievement test and graduated from Burleson High School, near Fort Worth, at age 22. Says Montgomery: "I was determined to get my diploma...
...past few years, we have seen the enormous benefits that flow to disadvantaged students because of the information provided by state tests. Those who fall behind are now getting extra instruction in after-school classes and summer programs. In their efforts to improve student performance, states are increasing teachers' salaries, testing new teachers and insisting on better teacher education...
...assess whether students are ready to advance to the next grade or graduate from high school. To promote students who cannot read or do math is no favor to them. It is like pushing them into a deep pool before they have learned to swim. If students need extra time and help, they should get it, but they won't unless we first carefully assess what they have learned...