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26 Aug 2009 10:00

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U.S.: The national SAT results sure aren’t making anyone look smarter

  • The average SAT reading score, down a point from a year ago. source
  • The average SAT writing score, also down a point from last year. source
  • The average SAT math score, steady but still down from 2005. source
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20 Aug 2009 10:42

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Sports: NCAA crushing dreams: Memphis’ 2007-2008 season is now a wash

  • 38 victories by the Wildcats will be forfeited after major rule violations were discovered under coach John Calipari source
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27 May 2009 23:30

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Sports: The NCAA claims the U. Memphis hoops program broke the rules

  • one unnamed player who only played during the 2007-2008 season (Derrick Rose being the only guy who fits that description) apparently had a tampered SAT score source
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26 Apr 2009 10:09

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Offbeat, U.S.: We hate high schooler Willa Chen because she’s too perfect

  • Perfect SAT. Perfact ACT. Perfect PSAT. Willa Chen, a supergenius from Canton High School in Michigan, hit on the holy grail of high-school test-taking. She got a perfect score on each of the major national standardized tests. Chen says she didn’t study too hard but tries to learn all the time. Whatever, four eyes. You and your Princeton-going self make us all look bad. source
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