REPORTING AND COMPARING SCHOOL PERFORMANCES Geoff N Masters Glenn Rowley John Ainley Siek Toon Khoo Paper prepared for the MCEETYA Expert Working Group to provide advice on national schools data collection and reporting for school evaluation‚ accountability and resource allocation December 2008 Commissioned by the Reporting and Accountability Branch‚ National Education Systems Group‚ Commonwealth Department of Education‚ Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) i Reporting
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station in 1925‚ the Grand Ole Opry has evolved into one of the most important places in country music. Not only is it a performance hall where you go to watch a concert‚ but it is a place to honor all of country music from the past and present and to create the future of country music. In 1925‚ the National Life and Accident Insurance Company created a radio station as a means of advertisement. George Hay was the first station director and‚ in 1927‚ renamed the show the Grand Ole Opry‚ causing its
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Shunda R. Anderson 07/24/2010 "Compare and contrast the Pennsylvania and New York Penitentiary theories of the 1800’s." The Pennsylvania System‚ after the failure of Walnut Street‚ Pennsylvania constructed two new prisons: the Western Penitentiary near Pittsburgh (opened in 1826) and the Eastern Penitentiary in Cherry Hill‚ near Philadelphia (1829). The Pennsylvania system took the concept of silence as a virtue to new extremes. Based on the idea of separate confinement‚ these penitentiaries
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In 1871‚ Grand Prismatic Spring was discovered and named by the Hayden Expedition for its striking coloration. Later‚ many geologists‚ traveled to the area to confirm the colors described by explorers and trappers. Grand Prismatic Spring is noted for being the largest hot spring in Yellowstone National Park and third largest in the world. The spring is located halfway between the Upper and Lower Geyser Basins. The central location provides dramatic scenery for Yellowstone’s fast visitors. The spring
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necessarily comprise a great leader. The Records of the Grand Historian show a great warrior in Xiang Yu‚ but also a terrible leader. Further‚ this text portrays Gaozu as an adequate warrior yet‚ a magnificent leader. A warrior is defined by their ability to bravely enter battle against all odds‚ while also having incredible combat skills that evoke fear in their enemy. When analyzing two characters‚ Xiang Yu and Gaozu‚ from Records of the Grand Historian‚ Xiang Yu is visibly a greater warrior because
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Comparing and Contrasting (quoted from Jim Stover‚ “Writing About Literature”) One of the best methods to help us clarify our thoughts about a character‚ an event‚ a poem‚ a story—nearly anything—is to compare and contrast. (To compare can mean to find similarities and differences. Coupled with contrast‚ however‚ to compare means to point out similarities‚ while to contrast means to point out differences.) Many of us‚ feeling weighted down by cares‚ have happened to see someone coping with a
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FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE? In 1989 an earthquake hit San Francisco‚ on the west coast of USA‚ killing around 63 people. Twelve years later an earthquake hit Gujarat‚ in India. This time it killed approximately 20‚000 people. In this report I will be comparing the two earthquakes‚ giving reasons why the Gujarat earthquake was so much more destructive than the one in San Francisco. An earthquake is a movement or tremor in the earth’s crust. Earthquakes happen all the time‚ but some are so weak that they
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soldier to that of the historians. After examining the three different historians viewpoints and comparing them to the viewpoint of the Napoleonic foot soldier‚ I argue that the Russians managed to defeat Napoleon’s grand army during the Russian campaign of 1812 because the Russians repeatedly retreated deeper into Russia and because of the harsh conditions of the Russian winter. Napoleon’s grand army was twice the size of any other army Napoleon had ever commanded (Connelly‚ 1999). According
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protected them their whole life. But that has to come to an end‚ and you have to realize that your children don’t need you anymore‚ and that it isn’t your job anymore to protect them. They are adults. This is the major theme in the short story “A Trip to Grand Rapids” written by Garrison Keillor‚ where the main character Roger learns to let go of his two daughters. The story is told by a third person narrator limited to Roger. We therefor have his point of view which means that as a reader you only get to
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Project In English (THE GOOD WORKS OF AYELA LINDE) Submitted to: Mam Bern Goce Chapter 1 Summary Chapter 2 Summary Chapter 3 Summary They were furious with each other that day. Their relationship that day was cold as the cold rain. Arguments‚ misunderstandings; These two were in their lives that rainy day. While arguing they were passing by the church‚ the town square and the cemetery until it rain. The rain made Ayela crazy that made her said things that she should
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