Some organizations use the TOEIC to measure progress in English training programs and as a placement test.

VOA: special.2010.02.18

Christopher Howson is the vice president for global programs at the March of Dimes, a nonprofit group.

VOA: special.2009.10.26

Girls can listen to programs about women in science at a Web site called Women in Science, Technology,Engineering and Mathematics ON THE AIR!

VOA: special.2009.05.13

Its early projects included creating reports on movie technologies, training programs and a movie reference library.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talked about the programs at a Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

Today,Special English writers do a lot more original reporting and the programs are more lively.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

They offer professional training and traditionally cost a lot less than programs at four-year schools.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

There were stage coach rides, living history programs and demonstrations of shoeing a mule.

VOA: special.2010.04.26

Transcripts,MP3s and podcasts of our programs are online, along with historical images, Join us again next week for THE MAKING OF A NATION -- an American history series in VOA Special English.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

Republicans have complained that these programs are too costly at a time of economic recession.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

The Lemelson Foundation has established a center to study invention and innovation at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, and conducts national programs and competitions for college-age inventors.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

The DPJ is expected to maintain a firm policy line on North Korea, especially on the issues of the North's nuclear weapons programs and Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

"But we have a bunch of related support programs as well." One of the facilities Abbott helps manage is Bridge House, which offers women refuge with their own bathrooms, kitchens and living spaces.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

"Strong support is needed for them to rebuild their lives,". "The Mauritanian national refugee organization and its partners are assisting in the reintegration process with a variety of programs allocating farm land, providing Arabic and French language courses, doing medical screening of the returnees,etc."

VOA: standard.2009.10.24