Intelligence but always against real people as well. So depending on the type of items but also anyone thats created by the computer by Artificial Intelligence will also be graded by people as well. So, 2 years from now when its the real test, it will be all electronic, all on computers, is that correct . My question is will we have the capacity to do that, to have every student on a computer at the same time . So, yes, all the test will be on Computers Starting next school year. And we should have the capacity. It shouldnt be an issue. If i may just a clarifying question. Commissioner wynns . Its not a capacity where every student will be taking it at the same time . That is correct. We do not have sufficient devices for students to take it at the same time. The assessment is not designed for every student to take it at the same time. Well of course be interested and want to know how well we are doing, but there are many other School Districts that think they are going to be way behin
Halpern and San Francisco alliance. The San Francisco suite of mr. Halpern works. Where are they going to fund it. It states the nclb tutoring money and we went into waiver to free that money. We got about 700,000 freed up by going into core waiver and now you are spending 13 percent of that money plowed back into same consultantcy to pay for the core waiver. Is this just the beginning of feeding this alternate bureaucratic structure. Do you have other payments that are going to be called for . What exactly is it that we are entering into . What will we get out of this expenditure and how much more are we on the hook for. Thank you. Any comments . Its up to the commissioners we are happy to highlight some of the information shared in advance. We have staff here who can provide an overview of some of the school designations, what these categories mean, which schools does that involve and this contract in particular is to facilitate the communities at practice or the school pairings wher
Please join us all in the book tent where we will be signing books and please join me in thanking the panelists. [applause] that concludes live coverage of the 2013 texas book festival from austin. Thanks for joining us. If you would like to get scheduling and Program Updates from book tv, go to booktv. Org or collis andre utter at book tv is our trigger handle and also our facebook address, facebook. Com booktv. If you missed any of todays events, everything that you see today will air in its entirety tonight at midnight. You are watching book tv on cspan2. In october of 2006, Henry Louis Gates described the creation of the africana the encyclopedia of the african and africanamerican experience which includes over 3,000 articles. You can watch this one hour and a ten Minute Program next on book tv. 2013 marks book tvs anniversary that debuted on september 12th, 1998. Professor gates probably doesnt need an introduction to an audience of boston. But hes had an interesting history and i
To win south africas general election. The president urges voters to exercise their democratic right. Among the rights that we have is one of the most important rights. To vote. And i hope all people will do so. And whats likely to be the biggest share sale in history. The chinese internet giant alibaba files documents for stock market flotation in new york. Hello, everyone. We begin with the latest stage of political turmoil still engulfing thailand. The Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has resigned. She was ordered to stand down by the countrys Constitutional Court. It found her guilty of abusing her how power. She also violated the constitution. The court said she must resign. Her supporters describe this decision as a judicial coup. The court ruled she acted illegally when she transferred her National Security adviser in 2011. Nine of her cabinet members are also implicated. They are resigning, too. Yingluck shinawatra is the first female Prime Minister. Shes sister of the exiled
In afghanistan rescuers abandoned the search for survive juniors and are focussing on recovering bodies. More than 2,000 are missing and feared dead. The did asker happened in badakhshan. That remoteness made it difficult for aid agencies to reach the affected village. We have this report. Reporter a mass prayer for a mass grave. These afghan villagers have given up on finding survivors, and now want to just locate the bodies of family and friends. The focus have moved to helping hundreds who lost their homes. Im one of the survivors that came offer the mud. Right now we need tents so we can be sheltered from the rain. Hundreds of houses have been buried. Dollar fears of flooding there are fears of flooding because water could flow in. Digging machines have been brought in too find the thousands blooest to be under the believed to be under the mud. Seven members of my family were here. Four or five were killed here. Im half alive. What can i do . Days of rain caused the side of this mo