Pakistan: the other shoe drops.(response to India's nuclear tests)

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;  July 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Pakistan responded to India's five nuclear tests with tests of its own on May 28 and 30, 1998. Adding to the suspense...Indian air attack on its nuclear installations. After the tests, Prime Minister Nawaz; Sharif declared a state of emergency...

Quell Debate by Showing Us Tests

The Washington Post;  July 27, 2000 ;     700+ words ......stated, "Arguments about what should be on tests and what children should be expected to...the abstract. It is time to show us the tests year after year, so parents, the public...Costs are the main reason we don't show the tests. People say it costs too much to produce...

Too many tests: New study finds MDs who order unnecessary tests end up...

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 18, 2006 ;     403 words ...Needless medical tests are costing the U.S. health-care system...Americans over 20 found that diagnostic tests not recommended under professional guidelines...more than a third of the patients. Such tests frequently produce false-positive results...

STATE LOOKS INTO GROWING NUMBERS OF TESTS.(FRONT)

The Virginian Pilot;  May 30, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Now that the SOL tests are done, students and schools can put away their...first offspring has been a litter of standardized tests mandated by the state and by individual cities. Most of the tests have been added in the past five years. Tests to...

Using psychometric tests.(Checklist 059)

Chartered Management Institute: Checklists: Human Resources, Training and Development;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......who may be considering using psychometric tests in an employment situation; for example...The administration and interpretation of tests must be carried out by people qualified...categories of test: cognitive/mental ability tests, designed to measure numeracy and verbal...

Advertising genetic tests

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 15, 2002 ;     700 words ...Advertising genetic tests TV marketing plan raises concerns By THERESA...twist. Myriad Genetics Inc., which makes tests for genetic predisposition to certain...campaign aimed at women and promoting tests for breast and ovarian cancers. As in...

Are we hooked on tests? (medical tests) (includes related articles on ,...

U.S. News & World Report;  November 23, 1987 ;     700+ words ...ARE WE HOOKED ON TESTS? Even 50 years ago, a doctor stumped by a...help from a battery of some 1,500 medical tests, many performed with a dizzying array of new technologies. Over 10 billion tests are conducted annually in the U.S., costing...

Using psychometric tests. (Checklist 059).(using psychometric tests in an...

Checklists;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......who may be considering using psychometric tests in an employment situation; for example...The administration and interpretation of tests must be carried out by people qualified...categories of test: cognitive/mental ability tests, designed to measure numeracy and verbal...

Back to school An increasing number of employers are using tests to ensure...

Evening Standard - London;  July 24, 2000 ;     595 words ...If tests make you nervous, you may need a confidence...job has led to an increase in the use of tests that not only assess people's workplace skills...sort of skills required to get through any tests they may encounter at interviews. They cover...

Tests: Would you pass the test.(Features)

Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  June 4, 2005 ;     569 words ......RUSHTON EMPLOYERS are increasingly relying on tests to select new staff. While the formal interview...be prepared for any number of different tests an employer might arrange. Candidates are...to be faced by psychometric or aptitude tests. These try to find out if a candidate has...

Schools chief backs tests as graduation requisite.(Metropolitan...

The Washington Times;  December 10, 1997 ;     597 words ...Maryland is poised to approve rigorous tests that students would have to pass in order...Grasmick wants high school students to take 12 tests in math, English, science and social studies...diploma. Mrs. Grasmick wants to phase in the tests over five years, beginning with pilot exams...

Tests spot 'superbugs' quicker

Sunday Gazette-Mail;  February 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......increasingly deploying a new breed of diagnostic tests - ones that promise results in hours not...antibiotic-resistant "superbugs." This new generation of tests identifies organisms using genetic information...bug is present quicker than traditional tests, but also whether it is resistant to one...

More flexibilty in trainee teachers' skills tests will maintain high...

M2 Presswire;  June 14, 2001 ;     700+ words ......flexibilty in trainee teachers' skills tests will maintain high literacy and numeracy...introduced into the numeracy and literacy skills tests for trainee teachers to give them more...Training Agency (TTA) announced today. The tests form a key element of the Government's...

Roadside tests to catch drug drivers 'could be flawed' say researchers

Scotland on Sunday;  February 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ...ROADSIDE tests that are the only way of catching people...could put traffic officers, who admit the tests are "not scientific" compared with breathalysers...has been assessing the Fitness Impairment Tests imported to Scotland from the US in 2001...

National tests criticised by schools chief

The Independent - London;  December 18, 1998 ;     484 words ...NATIONAL TESTS taken by nearly two million pupils each...literacy and numeracy targets, measured by the tests, the centrepiece of their policy for raising...revealed today, Mr Woodhead argues that the tests are vague, unreliable and "administered...