We have a system that administers grade-level assessments and gives no credit to students who start well below grade level and make amazing progress or to those who are able to race ahead.

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The Employees Retirement System of Texas, which administers 401(k) and 457 plans for state employees, late last year decided not to renew its contract with its stable-value provider.

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In other countries, the process is often quite streamlined: a Ministry of Finance, which makes the political decision, a Treasury Department, which houses the professional staff for the ministry, and an Inland Revenue Service, which administers the tax system and is sometimes actively involved in policy formation.

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In Germany, each of the sixteen federal states administers its own prison system and supervises adult and juvenile offenders both in detention centers and in correctional facilities .

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