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                    [Title] => Reviewers for NEAT, NSAT have no government endorsement
                    [Summary] => The generally faulty reviewers for the government-mandated tests for elementary and high school students are not endorsed by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS).


This was the clarification made by Dr. Nelia Benito, head of the DECS’ National Education Testing and Research Center, in response to a report by The STAR that reviewers for the National Elementary Aptitude Test (NEAT) and the National Secondary Aptitude Test (NSAT) being sold in bookstores contain serious errors which make them dangerous to students.


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                    [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo
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                    [Title] => Miseducation -  SKETCHES by Ana Marie Pamintuan
                    [Summary] => What does "asinine" mean? Since the only asses we have in this country are the figurative kind, maybe it’s hard to find a point of reference for the word. Perhaps that’s the reason the synonym of "asinine" was listed as "salty" in a reviewer for the National Elementary Aptitude Test or NEAT, which sixth graders must take next month to proceed to high school. 


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Reviewers for NEAT, NSAT have no government endorsement

By Sheila Crisostomo | December 22, 2000 - 12:00am

The generally faulty reviewers for the government-mandated tests for elementary and high school students are not endorsed by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS). This was the clarification made...

Nation

Miseducation - SKETCHES by Ana Marie Pamintuan

December 19, 2000 - 12:00am

What does "asinine" mean? Since the only asses we have in this country are the figurative kind, maybe it’s hard to find a point of reference for the word. Perhaps that’s the reason the synonym...

Opinion