On her way to all her Stanford degrees, Marissa Mayer probably got plenty of A grades and high test scores.
Since few black applicants had high test scores, the admissions definition of merit again had to be turned upside down.
Together, these five criteria will help GreatSchools to identify schools that foster a broad set of skills, in addition to producing high test scores.
Seth Dewboys travels west from a mostly white Louisville, Kentucky, neighborhood to an inner-city school with high test scores and a racially mixed student body.
The CR test car got about 30 mpg on premium fuel, and about 27 mpg on high-test when the engine was running.
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Technically, a high yield test would be self-evidently a sign of national strength.
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It is contained within the case of the rocket, into which is pumped a liquid oxidiser called high-test peroxide (HTP), a concentrated form of hydrogen peroxide which is relatively safe to handle.
In terms of changes, besides the new, high-test plastic casing (built in the same fashion as the aluminum MacBook Pros) the 13-incher boasts a LED-backlit display, new glass multitouch trackpad, and a built-in, "7 hour" battery.
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce rejected the deal in a high-profile test of its then-new anti-monopoly law.
"It would be a great opportunity to test high-definition broadcasting from a live event, " said a BBC spokeswoman.
Sahlman told me that beyond high grades and test scores, the HBS admissions department looks for evidence of leadership.
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Meanwhile, as colleges seek more prestige and higher rankings, many are emphasizing scholarships based on high grades and test scores, not financial need.
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed a federal civil rights complaint against the city's Specialized High School Admissions test, which decides admissions to elite programs such as Stuyvesant.
Stuyvesant is widely regarded as the best of the nine free New York City public high schools that select students based on a highly competitive Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT).
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Mr. Siegel got his first high-profile test during the U.S. track and field trials in late June when Jeneba Tarmoh finished third in the 100-meter sprint but was later declared in a dead heat with Allyson Felix.
It's a great irony that the nation that has produced more high-quality Test spinners than any other, India, only gets half the benefit of this change the recalibrated umpiring parameters, but not the actual system itself thanks to its opposition to the use of DRS. In fact, Indian cricket officials are even able to block the DRS from being used in multi-team tournaments in which India is involved.
High school students with high grades and excellent test scores are likely to go to good schools and earn high returns on their investment, says Mr. Vedder.
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If someone takes the test on one day and scores high, then takes the test a week later and receives a low score, the test is probably not very reliable.
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Clearly, the government has quite a different perspective as to what constitutes a high-quality emissions test.
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It'll also find time for its studies, beaming VGA images snapped with an onboard camera back to Earth, to test a high-speed data transmitter.
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Now that doesn't mean just a single high-stakes standardized test.
The test for high risk HPV is done on the cervical screening sample, which means that women will not notice anything different when they have their regular cervical smear test.
Geopolitical uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East, surging oil prices, and the catastrophic earthquake in Japan will disrupt travel plans and test record high prices for online travel agencies.
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Scrum-half Mike Phillips has also been linked with a possible move from the Liberty Stadium, while head coach Sean Holley has spoken openly of the disadvantages of employing a high number of current Test players.
Johnson says he tries to act as a mentor, or life coach, for his students, helping them handle the off-court stress of trying to cut high enough grades and test scores for an Ivy League college.
But Mr Lee said it would be "difficult to persuade the North regime to give up the nuclear path", and that North Korea's reference to a "high-level" test could indicate it planned to detonate more than one device.
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That was not the view of Mike Gatting, the manager of the England A tour to Bangladesh late last year, who reasoned that the standard of cricket in the country is not sufficiently high to compete at Test level.
In terms of teachers, how we measure performance -- as I said before, I have been a critic of measuring performance just by the administering of a single high-stakes standardized test during the year, and then the teacher is judged.
Anyone refusing a test is not allowed to carry out high risk procedures and all staff are obliged to have a test if they believe they may have become infected.
Across America, primary and secondary education remains a mess, marked by low test scores and high dropout rates.
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