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From 2003 to 2005, overall test scores on the ELA test increased by three points, from 74 percent testing proficient to 77 percent, and on the math test by five points, from 59 percent to 64 percent. All six subgroups improved on both tests from 2003 to 2005, except for the scores of low income students on the ELA test, which remained flat...
...Test scores did decline in some subgroups between 2004 and 2005, as Nolan says, and overall ELA test scores declined by one point. Fowler-Finn attributes this to the fact that the state changed its tests between 2004 and 2005, and notes that the entire state’s average also declined by one point...
There is no doubt that during Fowler-Finn’s tenure, test scores have risen—by three points in ELA and by five points in math. There is also no doubt that they are still below the state average. And finally, there is no doubt that the administrative marks have improved substantially...
...What he's referring to, of course, is the positive drug test that has thrown into doubt the inspiring victory last week of American Floyd Landis in the Tour de France. On Thursday the International Cycling Union (ICU) announced that Landis had tested positive for testosterone during the Tour's 17th stage. Landis' team, Phonak, was notified by the ICU that tests performed after that stage, which Landis won after a monumental physical exhibition, showed an "unusual level of testosterone/epitestosterone ratio...
...Jos? Miguel Ech?varri, director of Pereiro's Caisse D'Epargne team. "If the victory comes to us, it will not be the kind of win we wanted." Pereiro, who describes himself as a friend of Landis, has said that he would prefer that he remain second and Landis' drug test not be confirmed...