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  2. Standards-based education reform in the United States

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    The SBE ( standards-based education) reform [2] movement calls for clear, measurable standards for all school students. Rather than norm-referenced rankings, [3] a standards-based system measures each student against the concrete standard. Curriculum, assessments, and professional development are aligned to the standards.

  3. Pennsylvania System of School Assessment - Wikipedia

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    The Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) is a standardized test administered in public schools in the state of Pennsylvania. Students in grades 3-8 are assessed in English language arts skills and mathematics. Students in grades 4 and 8 are also assessed in skills relating to natural science, including the field of data ...

  4. List of standardized tests in the United States - Wikipedia

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    WorkKeys. California Achievement Test. ITBS – Iowa Test of Basic Skills [2] SAT – formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test. SAT Subject Tests. CLT – Classic Learning Test. Former English Language Proficiency Test – ELPT. PSAT/NMSQT – Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

  5. Reading Eagle - Wikipedia

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    345 Penn St. Reading, Pennsylvania 19603-0582. , U.S. ISSN. 2469-3448. Website. readingeagle.com. The Reading Eagle is the major daily newspaper in Reading, Pennsylvania. A family-owned newspaper until the spring of 2019, its reported circulation is 37,000 (daily) and 50,000 (Sundays). [1]

  6. Atmospheric pressure - Wikipedia

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    The standard atmosphere (symbol: atm) is a unit of pressure defined as 101,325 Pa (1,013.25 hPa ), which is equivalent to 1,013.25 millibars, [1] 760 mm Hg, 29.9212 inches Hg, or 14.696 psi. [2] The atm unit is roughly equivalent to the mean sea-level atmospheric pressure on Earth; that is, the Earth's atmospheric pressure at sea level is ...

  7. Reading, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Reading (/ ˈ r ɛ d ɪ ŋ / RED-ing; Pennsylvania German: Reddin) is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.The city had a population of 95,112 at the 2020 census and is the fourth-largest city in Pennsylvania after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Allentown.

  8. Reading - Wikipedia

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    Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of letters, symbols, etc., especially by sight or touch.. For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling), alphabetics, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and motivation.

  9. Altimeter - Wikipedia

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    Reference pressure of about 29.92 inHg (1013 hPa) is showing in the Kollsman window. An altimeter or an altitude meter is an instrument used to measure the altitude of an object above a fixed level. [1] The measurement of altitude is called altimetry, which is related to the term bathymetry, the measurement of depth under water.