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To: tejek who wrote (4781)	4/30/2005 9:45:55 PM
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To: tejek who wrote (4781)	5/5/2005 7:59:27 PM
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BREVITY IS THE SOUL OF WIT -- but prolixity is the key to a high S.A.T. score: Instapundit.com - instapundit.com In the next weeks, Dr. Perelman studied every graded sample SAT essay that the College Board made public. He looked at the 15 samples in the ScoreWrite book that the College Board distributed to high schools nationwide to prepare students for the new writing section. He reviewed the 23 graded essays on the College Board Web site meant as a guide for students and the 16 writing "anchor" samples the College Board used to train graders to properly mark essays. He was stunned by how complete the correlation was between length and score. "I have never found a quantifiable predictor in 25 years of grading that was anywhere near as strong as this one," he said. "If you just graded them based on length without ever reading them, you'd be right over 90 percent of the time." The shortest essays, typically 100 words, got the lowest grade of one. The longest, about 400 words, got the top grade of six. In between, there was virtually a direct match between length and grade. He was also struck by all the factual errors in even the top essays. Message 21291643

To: tejek who wrote (4781)	5/8/2005 2:34:04 PM
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Maryland Hits Brakes on Fleeting Gasoline Price War By Justin Blum Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, May 6, 2005; Page A01 A gasoline price war erupted in St. Mary's County last week after one station slashed its price for regular to $1.999 a gallon and spurred three others to follow suit, giving drivers some hope of relief at the pump. But the price dip proved fleeting. Maryland regulators quickly stepped in and told the stations that their prices were too low. They needed to go up by 5 cents... washingtonpost.com Public Choice in Maryland stationarybandit.typepad.com