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it and can be defeating for students from trying hard. i think it's useful for comparing across schools, but to use it as a high-stakes test is entirely unjustified by the data. coming from the area of medicine, my background, i am accustomed to looking at evidence-based materials and the -- >> time. mr. patrick? >> fred, as someone who personally sting set standardized tests, a number of us -- as some of the persian least thinks -- as somebody who personally stinks at standardized test, a number -- i supported. we are number one in student achievement. we continue to invest in publi...

having promised to ring-fence health spending, will the treasury now cover those costs, or will this be another broken promise, just like lib dem opposition to a vat rise before the election? >> of course, our action on national insurance contributions has saved the nhs money, which would not be available under a labour government. the point i would make is that that benefits scotland. the fact that we are protecting the nhs and nhs spending means that money will be available in scotland as well. the shadow health secretary has now said that health should not be protected, and that t...

office to retail support frment con journal is next. . >> our first guest this morning is an economist in residence at american university. good evening. >> good evening, and thank you for having me. >> thank you for joining us. why have the president obama chose ghana? >> there's many reasons why he chose ghana, number one to showcase the good governance there and that's number one and ghana is one of the countries which gained independence and it's all so symbolic and so that's the primary reason why it's going there. >> how has the president been received? he arrived on friday? >>...

>> the second report -- a point that this report made was we are training in the united states military, we are training individuals who are already involved in neo-nazi and white supremacist activity. we see on hate websites suggestions that their members join the military and learn how to use c-four plastic explosives. one not let the government train you? you cannot buy these explosives anywhere else. it is illegal. today, a letter was issued. we asked the chairman of the senate homeland security, mr. lieberman, the chairman of the house committee on hamas security, hon. bennie th...

first black president, our nation is in a fragile state. we are not alone. as npr reported last week, the global economic crisis also is fueling politicians in the european countries. there are signs of great hope. our latest elections saw the shattering of the glass ceilings, whether defined by race or gender. millions of americans crossed the lines at the ballot box. for the first time in history, polls showed that of both black and white people believe that race relations are generally good in our country. that is a major change. before that and before the election of president ob...