Since the adoption of sweeping education reforms in 2001, public schools have steadily increased the amount of time devoted to preparing for standardized tests.

自2001年全面实行教育改革以来，公立学校用于准备标准化考试的时间稳步增加。

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The biggest reforms to emerge from the current crisis will be global changes in the ways companies are held accountable for the huge, hidden costs now foisted on the public.

在目前的这场危机中，在全球范围内出现的最大变化是，本应由公司负责的那些庞大的隐形成本，都强加到了公众身上。

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His government has signally failed to sell its reforms, especially in education, to the public.

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He appealed to the listening public sector workers to help with the reforms that would give the UK the services of which it could be pride.

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But the other half of the fiscal programme involves structural reforms to give the finance ministry greater control over public spending, especially that by lower tiers of government.

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