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LIST 4. VA Public School Test Scores Slip — Time for Different Tests?. August 15, 2011

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  2. VA Public School Test Scores Slip — Time for Different Tests? August 15, 2011 The new Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) scores are in, and the numbers are lower than the previous year's scores in Virginia. This year, only 38 percent of public schools in the state met the federal benchmarks, which are part of the No Child Left Behind law. That's down from 61 percent last year. Dr. Kitty Boitnott is president of the Virginia Education Association (VEA). She says , "They're not based on research, they're not based on what is possible or doable. They're arbitrary benchmarks that have been designed specifically for the purpose of setting public schools up to fail."

  3. Arbitrary—(adj) The decision to spend $700 billion to help the economy was not an arbitrary decision but rather took a lot of planning and debate. based on chance or impulse as opposed to reason or necessity

  4. Aloof – (adj) After the death of his mother, Robert was aloof toward all his friends and wouldn’t talk to them. Physically and emotionally distant

  5. The Tipping Point Proper etiquette dictates that restaurant-goers should leave behind at least a 15 percent gratuity. One brave columnist begs to differ. ByChristopher Sacco http://eastbrunswick.patch.com/articles/the-tipping-point

  6. Gratuity—(n.) The movie was rated R because of the gratuitous, unnecessary violence. something given without demand; more than required

  7. July 8, 2008...3:51 am UN report: Legal empowerment helps ameliorate poverty “They're not going to be able to stop a recession but they could certainly ameliorate it and get the economy going again," he said.

  8. Ameliorate—(verb) Relationships between conflicting brothers were ameliorated at the wedding when they were able to explain the misunderstandings. To make or become better; to improve

  9. 3 more schools succumb to flu By David Pittman Three additional Texas Panhandle schools will close their doors for the remainder of the week as they struggle with absences from flu-related illness. Some or all campuses in at least eight Panhandle communities have closed their doors in the last two weeks because a large percentage of students were out sick with various aliments.

  10. Succumb -- v. to submit to an overpowering force; to reluctantly give in Joan didn’t want to succumb to the peer pressure and so she left the party so she wouldn’t give in.

  11. ROBERT McCARTNEY Honor our newest veterans by paying more heed to the two wars that produced them Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, November 11, 2010 Here's a Veterans Day tip. If you meet a service member who's just returned from Afghanistan or Iraq, don't ask, "Did you kill anybody?" They hate that, and veterans say it happens surprisingly often. Instead, try asking: "Did you save anybody?" It's much more welcome. There's another thing that veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq wish the public would do for them: Resume paying some attention to those two conflicts, which the vets stress are still going on.

  12. Heed – verb (or noun) To pay attention to Your car wouldn’t be in the lake right now if you had heeded the manufacturer’s warning to not leave the car running.

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