When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Purity test - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purity_test

    [1] The test has periodically been revisited and revised by the Thresher, usually on its satirical "Backpage," with expanded lists of questions that students can take and score on their own, starting with a list of 100 questions in 1988. [2] An official website was created for the 2012 edition by the newspaper staff. [3]

  3. Permit-class submarine - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permit-class_submarine

    The first submarine commissioned in the class was the ill-fated Thresher, and so the class was known by her name. When Thresher was lost on 10 April 1963, the class took the name of the second ship in the class, Permit. Thresher had numerous advanced design features and embodied the future of US Navy submarine design, and her loss was a serious ...

  4. USS Thresher (SSN-593) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Thresher_(SSN-593)

    Thresher begins its descent to the test depth of 1,300 ft (400 m). 07:52: Thresher levels off at 400 ft (120 m), contacts the surface, and the crew inspects the ship for leaks. None are found. 08:09: Commander Harvey reports reaching half the test depth. 08:25: Thresher reaches 1,000 ft (300 m). 09:02

  5. Emergency main ballast tank blow - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_main_ballast...

    The partial failure of the emergency main ballast tank blow system contributed to the loss of USS Thresher in 1963. It was caused by icing of strainers in the air lines due to "the high volume of air moving past the strainers at such high velocity [which] would have caused them to cool rapidly."

  6. Independent School Entrance Examination - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_School...

    The Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) is an entrance exam used by many independent schools and magnet schools in the United States. Developed and administered by the Educational Records Bureau (ERB), the ISEE has four levels: [1] the Primary level, for entrance to grades 2–4; Lower level, for entrance in grades 5–6; Middle level, for entrance in grades 7–8; Upper level, for ...

  7. G1 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G1

    G1 (website), a Brazilian news portal owned by Grupo Globo; G1 Group, a Scottish hospitality and leisure operator; G1 licence, the first tier in the graduated licensing programme for Ontario's new drivers; G.One (character), an android super hero; Gangwon No.1 Broadcasting, a Seoul Broadcasting System television channel in Gangwon Province

  8. California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Assessment_of...

    The California Achievement Test, Sixth Edition (CAT/6), shows how well students are doing compared to students nationally in reading, language, spelling, and mathematics in grades 3 and 7 only. [ 2 ] California's school accountability system was originally based solely on scores from the CAT/6 .

  9. Praxis test - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praxis_test

    The Praxis I, or Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST), consisted of three exams: reading, writing, and mathematics. On September 1, 2014, ETS transitioned to the Praxis "CASE" or "Core Academic Skills for Educators" which also consists of reading, writing, and mathematics exams. These sections can be taken as a combined test or separately.