#Standardized

Just this week, two different teams of authors published papers showing that cross-country comparisons of test scores (PISA, TIMSS) should be taken with a huge grain of salt. Paper 1:
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1/6 Our #SARSCoV2 PCR comparison is now online as a preprint! We show that PCR assays are able to detect SARS-CoV-2, but with different detection limits and variable ability to
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My Amiga 3000 desktop still in use today and why https://youtu.be/JXrM97yhbM8  #RetroComputing The tyranny of 60 Hz video refresh is oppressing these Amiga fans in the PAL regions and their
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A thread about our new open-access paper, just out today. We tested how well standardized measures of social cognition, social skill, and social motivation predict real-world social interaction outcomes for
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As the med school application cycle nears, there is one major issue that needs to be addressed: the committee letter. Who does it benefit? Who does it hurt? Join me
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I had a feeling this was going to happen after the recent news re: lying about her education history. This really sucks. It's why I wanted people to be very
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To continue my discussion of the harmful & pseudoscientific nature of broad swaths of modern US education, I want to bring in my work as a literary dignity activist (Google
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I am working on a teaching case for medical students and I have a genuine question: why do we present โ€œmystery casesโ€ in the order of the H&P even though
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As someone who has been teaching children, in some capacity, for 13 years, I beg of you. Please. Let them have unstructured play time. Please stop scheduling your children every
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The Big TableA huge issue is that numbers from different areas (like Germany/Italy or SF/NYC) seem very different.Theoretically, you could root cause this heterogeneity by forming a single giant table
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@NashClassical needs your voice to be heard at the @MetroSchools Board!Send your letter NOW:https://p2a.co/7npporJ  "Nashville Classical Charter School is a tuition-free, public charter school in East Nashville. NCCS is a
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Woke up this morning with a heavy heart. Friends in public schools, it's ok to grieve the fact that we're not returning to buildings. This period of the school year
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PROFESSOR GATO, back again with another look at the burning question of the day:do the current spate of unprecedented lockdowns and quarantines work to stop COV?the evidence from the US
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Caesarean Sections Were Performed In Africa Long Before They Were Standardized Across The World. C-sections were invented in Africa long before Europe, and the rest of the world fully mastered
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If you are looking for a scientific study that will tell you how to act in a crisis situation, you are incapable of acting in a crisis situation and should
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1/11 The 2018 NDS prioritized strategic competition, but DoD is still struggling to turn the page on counterterrorism. Iโ€™ve got a new paper out with @CNASdc on the need to
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