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tests stories: 9 news summaries

(Newser) - Trouble at nuclear reactors that produce two-thirds of the world’s medical isotopes have created massive testing delays in the US, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The isotopes, created in Canada and the Netherlands, are used for presurgery stress tests and to locate some cancers; doctors are limping along with... More »

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cancer • surgery • Canada • Netherlands • nuclear reactor • tests • thyroid cancer • radioactive isotopes • medical isotopes • nuclear medicine

Teacher Puts Ads on Tests to Pay for Copies 

Budget cuts force test-happy prof to take drastic action

Dec 2, 08 2:17 PM CST
(Newser) - When his suburban San Diego high school cut his photocopy budget to $316, calculus teacher Tom Farber had a problem. Because he gives a lot of tests—to make sure his students have enough practice for their AP exam, he says—he racks up $500 a year in 3-cents-per-page copy... More »

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high school • advertising • school budget • tests

Test Prep Firm Accidentally Publishes Student Data

Info for tens of thousands of Fla., Va. pupils available online for 7 weeks

Aug 19, 08 12:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - An error in the Princeton Review’s website left personal information and standardized test scores for tens of thousands of students exposed on the internet for 7 weeks, the New York Times reports after a rival test-prep firm informed the newspaper. Data on 34,000 students from Sarasota, Fla., and... More »

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Florida • SAT • Princeton Review • tests • college preparation • security breach • personal information

 Iran Tests Missile in Gulf
 in 'Warning' to US 

Nine weapons fired into strategic waterway as alert to 'enemies'

Jul 9, 08 6:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran demonstrated its military might today by firing nine long- and medium-range missiles in the Strait of Hormuz, which 40% of the world's oil passes through. Reports on Iranian television said that one of the weapons fired was the Shahab-3 missile, which has a range of 1,250 miles. The... More »

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • missile • Strait of Hormuz • tests

Arrivederci to AP Italian?
Not So Fast, Educators Say

Groups mount effort to save funding-starved language test

Jul 3, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Italian-American groups, outraged the Advanced Placement course in Italian language and culture could soon be shelved, have mobilized to save it. The College Board, which administers the AP program, plans to cut the $84 test and three others because of meager enrollment and funding. “We cannot have the Italian... More »

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college board • tests • Italian Americans • Italian • college preparation • Advanced Placement test

6K Nabbed in GMAT Cheating Scandal

Biz schools, test maker go after students who used test-prep site

Jun 29, 08 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - More than 6,000 students are embroiled in a cheating scandal that could cost them their place at one of the nation’s business schools, BusinessWeek reports. The prospective MBA students were members of ScoreTop.com, a test-prep site that featured current GMAT questions. Test publisher GMAC sued the... More »

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test score • student • cheating • tests • GMAC • GMAT

High School Test Cheat
Could Face 38 Years

Teen plotted to boost grades for college admission

Jun 18, 08 4:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A student at an Orange County high school faces 69 felony charges and a possible 38 years in prison for a scheme to alter grades, the Los Angeles Times reports. The locked-up 18-year-old is accused of breaking into his school repeatedly, hacking into computers, and changing test scores and records... More »

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high school • Orange County • cheating • tests • high school students

 Grueling Gaokao Tests
 China's College Seekers

Dreaded university entrance exam covers 12 years of study

Jun 8, 08 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 10 million high school students in China are taking the grueling gaokao, or "high test," to win a coveted spot at college. It’s a two-day ordeal that covers everything students have learned for a dozen years. It also shuts down neighborhoods, redirects traffic, and determines... More »

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China • education • educational testing • university • Chinese economy • tests • economy

Citizenship Test Just Too Tough for Most Brits

High standards,
or a scheme to foil would-be immigrants?

Feb 1, 08 7:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Should would-be immigrants to the United Kingdom be required to know the population of Wales when a majority of Britons don't? Only one in seven natives would pass the test required to get a passport, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The government says the bar should be set high even... More »

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immigration • United Kingdom • citizenship • Britain • tests

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