Re: [LINK] American school online tests

2014-10-08 Thread JanW
At 12:10 AM 9/10/2014, Stephen Loosley wrote: >Perhaps of interest. The U.S. is introducing online standardized tests to >measure American school students’ mastery of their Common Core, the new >academic standards that have been adopted by most (42) of the U.S. states. >http://www.corestandards.

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2014-10-08 Thread Jan Whitaker
>Federal Govt locks in ‘cloud first’ stance >Author: Paris Cowan >Published: October 8, 2014 >Source: >http://www.itnews.com.au/News/396584,federal-govt-locks-in-8216cloud-first8217-stance.aspx > > >Coalition cloud policy released. > >The federal government has stepped up cloud adoption by han

Re: [LINK] Info re webhosting and its contribution to climate change

2014-10-08 Thread jore
On 3/10/2014 10:54 AM, Tom Worthington wrote: > See "ICT Sustainability: Assessment and Strategies for a Low Carbon Future": > http://www.tomw.net.au/ict_sustainability/introduction.shtml > > The Australian Computer Society (ACS) commissioned a study into carbon > emissions from ICT in 2007, which

[LINK] American school online tests

2014-10-08 Thread Stephen Loosley
Perhaps of interest. The U.S. is introducing online standardized tests to measure American school students’ mastery of their Common Core, the new academic standards that have been adopted by most (42) of the U.S. states. http://www.corestandards.org Here are the online practice tests by the two