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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Accessing brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be challenging, especially for underserved patients, which may lead to disparities in neurological diagnosis. Method This mixed‐methods study enrolled adults with one of four neurological disorders: mild cognitive impairment or dementia of the Alzheimer type, multiple sclerosis ...
Maya L. Mastick +19 more
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The Source of Lake Wobegon [updated]
Nonpartisan Education Review, 2010 John J. Cannell's late 1980's "Lake Wobegon" reports suggested widespread deliberateeducator manipulation of norm-referenced standardized test (NRT) administrations and results,resulting in artificial test score gains.
Richard P. Phelps
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Preparing for High-Stakes Testing [PDF]
Theory Into Practice, 2003 The passage of the No Child Left Behind Act has spotlighted testing and accountability in U.S. public schools. This federal statute calls for a dramatic expansion of state-level high-stakes testing. Educators need to prepare students for these tests in ways that do not detract from real learning. In addition, school practitioners must become assessment
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Purpose Air pollution has been linked to several neurological conditions, including stroke and neurodegenerative diseases. Evidence regarding its association with multiple sclerosis (MS) remains conflicting, limited by small sample sizes. Methods PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Cochrane controlled register of trials (CENTRAL) were searched on ...
Ahmad A. Toubasi, Thuraya N. Al‐Sayegh
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Achieving testing for English Language Learners, ready or not?.
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2008 School reform efforts across the US have focused on creating systems in which all students are expected to achieve to high standards. To ensure that students reach those standards and to document what students know and can do, schools collect assessment ...
Sau-Lim Tsang, Anne Katz, Jim Stack
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This analysis evaluates the effect of successful reperfusion on functional outcomes after MT, stratified by admission National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) as surrogates for clinical‐core mismatch, using multicenter registry data.
Felix Schlicht +53 more
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Cogent Social Sciences, 2018 This study investigated the preuniversity EFL teachers’ perceptions toward the wash-back effects of the University Entrance Exams and the preuniversity students’ textbook (English 1 & 2) on the students’ communicative learning objectives and their ...
Shiva Sadighi +3 more
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Language Testing in Asia, 2018 Introduction The International English Language Testing System (IELTS) is a standardized high-stakes test, which is used for the purpose of measuring the language proficiency of candidates who wish to study or work in an environment where English is the ...
Ahmad Alsagoafi
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Dementia Incidence in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease in the Framingham Heart Study
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Limited information exists on incident dementia in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) in US community‐based samples. We examined cognitive statuses and PD diagnoses of 183 individuals in the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) to establish incident dementia, mortality rates, associations with sex, age at PD onset, and education level.
Joshi Dookhy +11 more
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Does high-stakes testing increase cultural capital among low-income and racial minority students?
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2008 This article draws on research from Texas and Chicago to examine whether high-stakes testing enables low-income and racial minority students to acquire cultural capital. While students' performance on state or district tests rose after the implementation
Won-Pyo Hong, Peter Youngs
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