Foundation analysts used the federal test scores to evaluate assertions by many states that their students had made impressive gains from 2003 to 2005.
Using the federal definition of 'poverty area', 35 36 we dichotomised neighbourhood poverty into >20% or ≤20% of population below the federal poverty level.
The federal tests were not implicated in the Atlanta investigation.
The federal tests will determine what is taught.
If you pick Bush, you're going to get somebody who will use the federal government to demand greater student testing in order to bring about improvement.
If you are in federal court, you will use the Federal Rules of Evidence.
Responding to the proliferation of safety seats and boosters intended for older children, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday unveiled a crash-test dummy, said to represent an average 10-year-old, that would be used in the federal government's testing of the seats.
Each study used the same standardized test.
