testing

Examines accidents and risk, the nature of chance and the oppressive weight of secrecy, official lies, and the true cost of atomic energy.

In 1944, when the Americans liberate Bikini Atoll from the Japanese, fourteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu does not realize that in two years he will lead a desperate effort to save his island home from a much more deadly threat.

In 1944, when the Americans liberate Bikini Atoll from the Japanese, fourteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu does not realize that in two years he will lead a desperate effort to save his island home from a much more deadly threat.

Presents reproducible assessment tools which may be used to collect, record, and analyze the literacy progress of students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

Chapter heads: A dangerous age of trial and error--In pursuit of speed and reliability--Forging weapons of aerial warfare ... (etc.).

Provides an overview of standardized reading tests, explores methods that may be used to prepare students for these exams, reconsiders the reading workshop in light of norm-referenced reading tests, and offers guidlines for reading and interpreting test results.

Presents the rationale for active assessment in elementary science and describes several assessment types, explaining how to manage them in the classroom and interpret results.

Describes the benefits of clinical trials in health care, examines the problems associated with the execution and reporting of results, and discusses the 1998 FDA approval of Vioxx--a painkiller that caused eighty-eight thousand heart attacks in Americans--and other related incidents.

Argues that most people spend too much time trying to fix their weaknesses rather than concentrating on their strengths, shows how to identify personal strengths using the Internet-based StrengthsFinder Profile, and explains how to draw upon those strengths for personal development, as well as management and organizational success.