For decades, NCS has been known for making the scanners that score standardized tests and being the largest commercial processor of student tests, scoring 39 million tests annually.

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Graduating seniors in some New York high schools are being asked to take one more standardized test.

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By measuring the smiles in the photographs the researchers were able to predict: how fulfilling and long lasting their marriages would be, how highly they would score on standardized tests of well-being and general happiness, and how inspiring they would be to others.

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"There are very few times when adults are judged on being timed in reading, " unlike the standardized tests kids take in school, says Tyler Lucas, a New York-based orthopedic surgeon who realized he was dyslexic after his daughter was diagnosed with it.

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Players need to have a thorough and proper evaluation which should include a symptoms checklist, as well as standardized assessment and balance and cognitive testing before being returned to play.

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Anti-standardized-tests advocates are arguing against the way tests are being used, and the prioritization of tests.

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This is not just about more tests, because I know that in the past people have been concerned about, you know, is this about standardized tests, or are we going to have our young people being taught to the test?

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Second, although being a good citizen means supporting certain core principles, civic education should not be fully standardized.

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Even if the data sets were standardized across the industry, regulators would still have issues related to the size of the data sets being imported.

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