AAMC repeats some questions in order to provide a basis for comparing one test group (e.g., April , 1983 with another test group (e.g., all those who took the test in the Fall of 1982), so that AAMC can determine the relative comparability of test groups and test questions.
Officer McMellon, who lives in Brooklyn and since the trial has worked in an administrative capacity for the harbor unit, is one of two officers from the Diallo case who have applied to be firefighters, and took the test in the fall of 1999.
The E.R.B. is trying out an electronic test in the fall that will be cheaper than the traditional kindergarten entry version, which is administered by trained examiners.
The Securities and Exchange Commission postponed the scheduled July start for converting United States securities markets to decimal prices and may instead conduct a test in the fall on the New York Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange.
She runs a two-month "boot camp" for the gifted test in the fall that includes eight one-on-one 45-minute sessions and two test-prep books for $1,075.
EAA leadership likes to tout their statistic that in their first district-wide assessment, following the baseline test in the fall, 27% of EAA students advanced one year in reading while 22% advanced one year in math.
