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Has Ontario learned anything from SARS?
Timothy Sly: The regions that experienced SARS in 2003—Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Ontario—mostly demonstrated a stronger and more effective response to COVID-19. The one exception was Ontario, which still seems to be confused and indecisive.
A significant increase in testing is necessary to restart the economy
Isaac Bogoch and Goldy Hyder: Currently some 35,000 COVID-19 tests are performed across Canada on a good day. We should aim to double that.
Where provincial coronavirus screening websites are falling short
A new report says Canada needs a unified approach between the provinces on online screening and testing, and that some patients might be getting bad advice
We don’t need exit exams but quit hating on tests
Prof. Pettigrew on the Collegiate Learning Assessment
In defense of the good old-fashioned exam
Take-home exams just aren’t the same
USask “levelling the playing field”
Students can be admitted without provincial exams
Student has heart attack during exam
Doctors blame exam anxiety, heart condition
Electoral fraud? Tell it to the judge.
COYNE: The Tories were gaming the system, but transfers of campaign funds are not illegal
Nikki Finke Hates Ben Silverman, Chapter XVIIIIII
You may have seen that Nikki Finke posted a report on audience-testing data for Parks and Recreation, the new Amy Poehler show from the producers of The Office. Even granted that a) anything Ben Silverman executive-produces for his own network is an irresistible target and b) no one can resist speculating that a new, much-hyped show is in trouble, that seems like kind of a low blow. Focus-group responses don’t tell you much about how well the show is doing, and this report doesn’t suggest that it’s in any more trouble than any other show.
What your test scores don’t say about you
A new study finds negative stereotypes can mask people’s academic abilities