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...Eggs Bolshevik is way too Brezhnev b) A fire forced people to evacuate c) Denny's also has a Russian problem d) No gas mask, no helmet, no service...
MARYLAND A state board uses test results to rate schools and hand out bonuses. But the test, written and scored by teachers, includes essays and problem-solving...
Good tests should include a mix of essay, problem- solving, short-answer and even some multiple-choice questions. On math quizzes, students should be able to show how they arrived at their answer. The tests widely used today often rely too much on multiple-choice questions, which encourage guessing rather than thinking. Also, they frequently ignore the importance of knowledge. Today's history tests, for example, seldom expect the student to know any history--sometimes derided as "mere facts"--but only to be able to read charts, graphs and cartoons...
...Israeli leader argued. Barak spent last week at the Millennium Summit urging other heads of state among the 149 who attended the largely ceremonial event to be blunt with Arafat as well. If he bends, he gets statehood, an end to the conflict and a solution to his refugee problem, according to Barak's pitch...
...than $10 million to win--especially Nelson, who recently jetted around the peninsula with Clinton in Air Force One. Democratic insiders say Clinton has a keen interest in this race--namely, revenge against McCollum--which means McCollum may be the only politician this year to have a bigger Clinton problem than Al Gore...