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"Bill Gates gave the opening keynote at February's RSA 2005
conference and said that Microsoft was going to spend roughly $2B a
year in R+D directly related to security," noted Peter Christy,
co-founder of IRG and author of the report.
Where will this money be spent and what is the impact on vendors,
enterprises and consumers?"
This new study titled The Microsoft Security Strategy describes
the overarching security fabric that Microsoft is planning, the
high-level motivations behind this plan and the potential change this
will have on the way businesses, consumers and competitors view
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How Do Your State's Math and Reading Standards Measure Up?; Find Out in the New Issue of Hoover Institution's Education Next

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of having the most schools said to be in need of improvement--even
when their students are doing relatively well.

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challenge and set demanding proficiency levels for their students,
whereas others have used lower standards to inflate reported
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Hess, an executive editor of Education Next, is director of education
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It turns out that in complying with the requirements of No Child
Left Behind (NCLB), some states have decided to be a whole lot more
generous than others in determining whether students are proficient at
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"Gates and Ballmer are quite articulate
about their customers' security needs and issues," noted Christy. The Table of Contents may be
downloaded from IRG's Website at www.

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In the most straightforward analysis to date, Peterson and Hess
grade states' proficiency standards by comparing a state's passing
percentages on its math and reading tests with its passing percentages
on the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP).

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