Downfalls of Standardized Testing In January of 2002‚ President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law. This act required that each state develop standardized tests for basic skills and administer the tests to all students in order to receive federal funding for their school. Each state was required to set progress goals‚ and each school in the state must make adequate yearly progress‚ meaning that each year‚ the current students must perform better on the test than the
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There were several advantages of Toyota’s manufacturing system when compared with conventional manufacturing system. Ohno Taiichi was the person responsible in helping Toyota shift from the established method of manufacturing automobiles set by Ford. The basic philosophy was to produce everything in mass quantity to gain maximum economies of scale. The logic was to spread the fixed cost over the production line and benefit from lower cost. Another characteristic of this philosophy was to make each
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Fiscal year 2007-08 will always be recalled as one of the most turbulent years in Pakistan’s economic history. Amid this year several records were broken not in terms of progress or development but rather in increased double figure inflation which was recorded 12% illustrious since 1990-91. Productivity crisis in manufacturing sector was another addition in this record. Oil crisis‚ emanating water predicament; all these factors accelerated Pakistan’s coarse towards economic devastation adversely
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Something that disturbs me about being a pharmacist in retail pharmacy is knowing that I am responsible for what everyone under me does. Something as little as a technician making a dispensing mistake (bottling the wrong drug) can cause me to get fired or even lose my license. I am also bothered about the long hours that pharmacists have to work. About 90% of the job is done on foot and this seems pretty tiresome. I still have questions as to why this is so. What is it about this career that people
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In 323 BC‚ Alexander the Great‚ king of Macedonia‚ son of Philip II and Olympias (i)‚ controlled a dominion that covered an area from Egypt to the Caspian Sea and the Balkans to the Himalayas. He is considered one of the most efficient as well as bright soldiers and rulers in ancient history‚ he had marched a poorly armed and meager European army on a campaign of over 20‚000 miles to capture and control the high and mighty Persian Empire. The Persians had range over a territory including all of
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Do you think a president could be so old that he lost all of his teeth? Do you think that a president could go into battle and still be alive? Well‚ George Washington had been through all of that. He did received some battle wounds. He even had the guts to take down his father’s prized cherry tree. George Washington was born February 22‚ 1732 in Virginia. His family were farmers. At the age of sixteen‚ George Washington worked as a surveyor for Lord Fairfax. “In July‚ 1752‚ George Washington’s brother
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What makes a president great? A great president can be many things; for instance‚ they can lead their country‚ protect their country‚ avoid wars‚ have the personality that America loves‚ and he/she can lead their country the good times and the bad times. Ronald Reagan has been shot and survived through it‚ has avoided nuclear warfare between the US and Russia‚ and before all these events he is known for being an actor; not to mention the “only movie actor to become president.” (Reagan‚ Ronald
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“Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair‚” (Mac. 1.1.12). This famous quote is proclaimed in one of the first lines of Shakespeare’s play‚ Macbeth. Macbeth is the tragic story of Macbeth‚ a once loyal noble that committed treason to become king. Once king‚ he became selfish and deranged‚ resulting in the suffering of his entire country. As the play concluded‚ Macbeth was rebelled against and killed to restore order to the land. Macbeth’s death occurred due to his disloyalty towards the people of his kingdom
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Imagine waking up in the middle of the night to feel a tremendous weight on your chest‚ or a dark‚ malformed figure standing at the foot of your bed. You can’t move or yell for help‚ you’re stuck in a nightmare even though you’re awake. Now imagine the inability to sleep altogether‚ the nightmares of your actions haunt your dreams to the point where you can no longer sleep at all. All of the scenarios stated are symptoms of a condition called narcolepsy‚ a disease in which sleep becomes a difficult
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Julius Caesar Julius Caesar was at one time the great leader of Rome before he was betrayed and assassinated by some of his closest friends and followers on one fateful night. Cassius‚ Brutus‚ and the rest of the conspirators killed Caesar because they were afraid that he may become King and revoke their privileges and take all their power from them. The senators and conspirators thought that Caesar wanted to rule Rome on his own and overthrow the Roman republic which also motivated them to kill
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