Web site allows students to test math and science skills. (New Products).Council on Competitiveness, www. getsmarter.org, Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , Free A Web site by the Council on Competitiveness' Internet Learning called GetSmarter.org, is a free site that gives elementary, middle and high school students a chance to evaluate their math and science skills on an international scale. In addition to student evaluations, the site offers educational games to help students improve their math and science skills, as well as links to various math and science resource Web sites. The Web site's tests ask similar questions to those used in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study conducted in 1999, the international comparative study of countries' math and science education. Among the companies and agencies that are contributing to the ILN ILN International Lawyers Network ILN Wilmington, Ohio (Airport Code) ILN Internet Law News ILN International Logistics Negotiations ILN Illustrated London News, Ltd. Web site are Riverdeep Interactive; AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. @School; National Aeronautics aeronautics: see aerodynamics; airplane; aviation. and Space Association; and Qualcomm, among others. CIRCLE #506 FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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