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The District school board decided yesterday to stop giving the Stanford 9 standardized test to first- and second-graders, saying that the test is not an accurate measure of performance for students that young, especially those who lack reading skills. Teaching Physics First Ignites Debate As he assesses the small but growing effort to reverse the traditional order of high school science courses, Jay Labov, deputy director of the National Research Council's Center for Education, recalls a moment he had with his daughter. In the News Charges Filed in Union Scandal: Driver Allegedly Laundered Money (Post, Jan. 28, 2003) N.Y. Suit Claims Denial Of Rights in School Law (Post, Jan. 28, 2003) Islamic Academy Given Go-Ahead to Build (Post, Jan. 26, 2003) Parents Air Concerns On School Zone Plans (Post, Jan. 26, 2003) Metts Still Pressured To Prove Her Worth: Deadline for Rehiring Vote Looming, Schools' Struggles Overshadow Changes (Post, Jan. 26, 2003) U-Md. Says Students Use Phones to Cheat: Text Messaging Delivers Test Answers (Post, Jan. 25, 2003) UDC's Law School to Receive Full Accreditation (Post, Jan. 25, 2003) FBI Taps Campus Police in Anti-Terror Operations: Student, Faculty Groups Fear a Return of Spying Abuses Against Activists, Foreign Nationals (Post, Jan. 25, 2003) Changes To Title IX Considered: Proposal Would Allow Scholarship Limits (Post, Jan. 24, 2003) Kindergarten Success  Class Struggle: Parenting Is Key to Kindergarten SuccessLive Online Discussion Transcript on School Readiness
KidsPost Getting Ready for War? (Post, Jan. 28, 2003) News (Post, Jan. 28, 2003) The Debate (Post, Jan. 28, 2003) The Power of Peace (Post, Jan. 28, 2003) © 2002, 2003 The Washington Post Company |
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