... issues may or may not be legally binding from state to state. Topics affecting employment privacy: 1. Psychological tests - Employers have the right to perform physiological test to applicants, however, must be justified by a compelling interest. These tests will generally identify an individual personal characteristic such as laziness, propensity to steal, and even sympathy to unions ... therefore, trade secrets must be clearly defined. Trade secrets can include, formulas, patterns, customer list, techniques, processes, etc. 17. Written honesty tests - Employers have the right to reque...

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... and business leaders, are also alarmed by what they see as inadequate levels of student achievement in subjects such as reading, mathematics, and science. On many standardized tests, American students lag behind their counterparts in Europe and Asia. In response, some Americans have urged the adoption of national standards by which individual schools can be evaluated ... Americans tried various means to eliminate the most egregious forms of discrimination. In the early part of the century, "objective" admissions tests were introduced to counteract the bias in admissions. Some educators no...

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... "separate but equal" in 1896. In the South, the Jim Crow laws emerged, segregating blacks in public places, including hotels and restaurants. In elections, southern states used poll taxes, literacy tests, and other means to deprive blacks of their voting rights. The Civil Rights Act of 1960 provided for the appointment of referees to help blacks register to vote, likewise the ... pleasures that any white man could have. The Shocking "grand father" laws were passed and forced Americans to take tests for the eligibility to vote. For certain minority groups, the tests would be made especia...

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... on outright discrimination (Armstrong, 1991). Testing bias is yet another aspect that leads to inequality in the educational system. On average, minorities score lower than whites on standardized tests. The media has been quick to report this, many times noting studies that point to genetic inferiority as cause. Unfortunately, the public often takes these statements as truth, ... reinforcing racist ideology by arguing that genetic inferiority is scientifically proven. However, cultural specific content of tests, attitudes toward the tests, and the formality of the testing situation itse...

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... the Republican candidate Wendell Willkie (Schuster 524). During this time, Franklin would face one of the most devastating attacks to U.S Soil in American history. Later, in March of 1944, hospital tests indicated he had atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, and congestive heart failure (Schuster 710). He would not allow this to stop him from running for his fourth term. He then selected ... a popular strategy because antithetical appeals allow citizens to place the blame for bloodshed on others, rather than to assume responsibility and guilt onto themselves or onto their country (B...

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... each month from November through July. Thus allowing disadvantaged youths a longer time to prepare for college. He also recommends giving applicants greater latitude in what tests they present and when they take them. He believes AP tests should play a role in college admission. Also, instead of running summer bridge programs for under-prepared students between high school graduation/college acceptance and matriculation ... ...

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... to be about half a pea sized piece of gold. After a couple of days, Marshall told Sutter what he found, and showed him a couple of the gold pieces. After performing some tests, the officially came to the conclusion that the substance was gold. Sutter knew that the finding of gold could lure away his workers and everyone who lived on his land ... ...

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... protecting the right to vote for all (Alexander, 29). However, these Amendments turned out to be false promises when the government stopped protecting these rights of southern black Americans. Literacy tests and poll tax were two steps included in voting registration that contributed to preventing blacks from voting. Most blacks couldn't read, and most were poor and couldn't afford poll taxes ... ...

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... of lawbreakers. Current legal drugs such as alcohol and tobacco have a far worse effect on the body than marijuana. No evidence exists that anyone has ever died of a marijuana overdose. Tests performed on mice have shown that the ratio of cannabinoids (the chemicals in marijuana that make you stoned) necessary for overdose to the amount necessary for intoxication is 40,000 ... ...

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... conditions" (Samuels, 1997). Common medical conditions that would present themselves as depression or anxiety include thyroid disease, infection, cardiac disease, pulmonary pathology, sleep apnea, pancreatic cancer, anemia, and stroke. So, tests must be performed to verify that the problems are purely psychological. "Major depression in mid-life is common, with a prevalence of approximately 2.2%" (Samuels 1997). Some would say that it is ... ...

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... students that examined the effects of seven violent songs by seven artists and eight non-violent songs by seven artists. After listening to the songs, students were given various psychological tests to measure aggressive thoughts and feelings, such as having them classify words that can have both aggressive and non-aggressive meanings. Results showed that violent songs led to more aggressive ... ...

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... for engineers, funding, and a place to conduct testing and launching. When America decided to have a space program, it established the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (N.A.C.A.) and it started from military tests in the desert of New Mexico (Murray 26). As the U.S. made progress, the Space Program shifted from a military to a civilian project. America was looking for bright engineers, physicists, and anyone ... ...

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... Spanish speakers did through 13 years of bilingual instruction. The professors discovered that students in six years of well-designed bilingual classes did much better on 11th grade standardized English tests, despite the fact that children are removed from such programs after three years in Massachusetts and Illinois (Hornblower). This is but one of the myriad studies that prove a fairly simple ... ...

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... less patriotic, 62% said they thought blacks were lazier, and 78% said they thought blacks preferred to live off welfare. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, a series of national standardize tests, evaluates students on their proficiency in reading, writing and science. They divide and compare these results to better understand the effectiveness of public schools. Their results suggest a large imbalance in ... ...

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... these five questions. Do More Guns Cause More Crime or Less? In a very influential and well-researched book, Lott (1998) pointed out the connection between guns and crime with actual tests, research and surveys. Examining crime rates in cities and states with strict and liberal gun laws Lott found that crime rates in cities and states with liberal gun laws are ... ...

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... higher teacher pay and increased federal aid to local school districts (Holland). According to Keating Holland of CNN, "Vouchers are also seen as less likely to improve schools than standardized tests - another favorite Bush proposal during the campaign." Though many people seek an innovative way of improving our school systems, numerous arguments for and against the issue create tension amongst what ... ...

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... Von Braun, to assist with their weapons programme. Once the Nazi rocket technology was mastered, further space related development was inevitable. From 1947 to 1950 the Americans carried out numerous tests on the V2 rocket with the help of Von Braun, but it was the Russians that made the first major advance. On the 4th of October 1957 they launched a satellite ... ...

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... elementary school age children. In the Gifted and Talented Programs, minority children are often overlooked when nominations are made to these programs because they perform poorly on IQ and achievement tests. Even though these children demonstrate exceptional qualities, they cannot compare to their academically excellent counterparts (Bernal 2). It is a gratifying event when a hard working, deserving person beats the odds. Part of ... ...

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... less patriotic, 62% said they thought blacks were lazier, and 78% said they thought blacks "preferred to live off welfare." The National Assessment of Educational Progress, a series of national standardize tests, evaluates students on their proficiency in reading, writing and science. They divide and compare these results to better understand the effectiveness of public schools. Their results suggest a large imbalance in ... ...

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... drinking related offences, "Drunk", "Drunk and Disorderly Conduct, "Drunk Drivers". Now, what exactly is the definition of drunk at this time? From my own knowledge I know that one of the tests for drunkenness was to walk along a straight line, obviously this was not an accurate way of testing someone's drunkenness. This is because people are affected differently by different amounts of ... ...

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... risk of suicide. The national push to raise academic standards and hold schools more accountable for their students" performance, has placed new pressures on teenagers. Performing well on high-stakes tests can be just as stressful for some students as verbal assaults or getting physically beaten. The competition for top spots in colleges can lead to suicide. One high school senior ... ...

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... 1991 figures (BJS 1999). 4 The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Program measures drug use among arrestees by calculating the percentage of arrestees with positive urine tests for drug use. ADAM data is collected voluntarily and anonymously at the time of arrest in booking facilities in selected U.S. cities across America. Data collected from male arrestees in 1998 ... ...

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... Codes and the Jim Crow laws were set up to limit the movement and rights of the Blacks. To keep Blacks from registering to vote, poll taxes were raised, comprehension tests were held and the grandfather-clause was put into practice. The Separate but equal" decision of 1896 confirmed the segregation in the South and soon everything was being segregated, the ... ...

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... schools causing problems for urban school children. These children come to school with a language system that is different from standard English. They are not understood and score poorly on achievement tests. Seventy-one percent of the students in Special Education are African Americans. The Oakland School Board recently voted to recognize Ebonics and provide the teachers and parents with the tools ... ...

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