That has made competition among applicants stiffer and increased the importance of high test scores.
We would expect the characteristics that Kirn admires, like stamina, insight, effort and bravery, to distinguish best among students already selected from a narrow range of (high) test score results.
But it was not until February, after another round of high test results, that state regulators told the preschool to use bottled water for cooking and cleaning the toothbrushes for the 59 children, ages three and four.
Instead, it initiated a pursuit of higher test scores, and dismissed segregation as yesterday's issue.
Likewise, we should never miss an opportunity to underscore the possible consequences when real learning and effective teaching are sacrificed at the altar of high test scores.
Mazany laid out a vision of high-quality learning that made no mention of high test scores, but did include teaching students to be critical thinkers, responsible citizens and literate communicators; to have good interpersonal skills and self-confidence; and exposure to a rich curriculum that includes the arts, social studies, geography and civics.
The NYT editorial board does not address this issue, nor does it address the issues of expelling students who default back to the traditional public schools or of the de facto segregation that results from charters' ability to hone its student bodies into those who are "higher performing"– which in current terms means cost-effective deliverers of higher test scores.
In this particular system, the use of higher test doses (>2 Gy) would yield a false impression of radiosensitivity for T24 at a low dose (2 Gy).
Thereby, the ulcer protective effect of high test dose (TDFME 500 mg/kg) was found to be more prominent than the standard (misoprostol).
